What hae ye, a puir hind, to do wi' the Baron o' Ballochgray?
I heard her cry; "what will his puir mother do noo--for she already is like ane clean out o' her judgment about him.
Whiles, gin he didna get frae me The wicelike wird I weel can gie, Whaur wad the puir bit callant be?
Puir fellow," said old Jock, when he heard the story, "I expect it was the same black varmints that gave Meester Waldron his death.
At the lang end of a', just as things had mended, my puir Mary died, and I had nae strength left to strive against the evil one that came in the form of comfort to my sair heart and broken speerit.
Except that they may ha'e had their ain thochts for a' the puir bodies that ha'e grown feared this while," added the old woman relenting.
My dear, the thought of it is a consolation to many a puir body in Portie the day.
I ken nae ane in this puir auld world but you; And why should I dearie?
The meenister in holy kirk wad discipline a puir body, ond the deil wad be to play.
I am sure of thot," quickly answered the guest; "but ye ken fine that a puir body must abide in his ain hame.
Puir lad," uttered Mr. McAden, half aside, as he drew his handkerchief across his face and gazed abstractedly into the blazing fire.
Puir weak hairt--dinna ye ken how she is suffering!
If yon's a grand lady, she's a woman o' puir repute.
Gin it be a puir body, tell her tae keep it and get a bit plaidie wi' the money, and she 'ill maybe think o' her auld doctor at a time.
Mactavish glowered at him for maybe a meenut till the puir cratur fell back intae his seat.
Ye think that a'm asking a great thing when I plead for a pickle notes to give a puir laddie a college education.
What wud ye think o' a faither that brocht hame some bonnie thing frae the fair for ane o' his bairns, and when the puir bairn wes pleased wi' it tore it oot o' his hand and flung it into the fire?
Lord Jesus, remember my dear maister, for he's been a kind freend to me and mony a puir laddie in Drumtochty.
Yon big man wes as pitifu' an' gentle as a wumman, and when he laid the puir fallow in his bed again, he happit him ower as a mither dis her bairn.
Ye needna look soor nor cock yir nose in the air, for you an' me are auld freends, and yir puir granny wes na mair anxious aboot ye than a' wes.
Some wes puir stuff--plenty o' water and little meal--and some wesna sae bad for England.
Ye're kindly welcome, tho' 'tis but a puir hoosachie for ane o' the gentry.
But he niver so much as sent a word to Donal' for years, till juist aboot a week afore the puir mon met wi' his accident, ye ken.
Ye'll see and hear nae mair o' puir Sandy Peden after this day's wark is owre.
Puir Nanny Walker's funeral (she who had been sae horribly murdered) was to tak place on sic a day.
I'm sure it wad melt the heart o' a whunstane to look on that puir wae-begone face o' yours.
Luckie Riddle's sign, however, was a black sight to him, and I doot it has been a heart-sore to puir Peggy.
Puir John Gavel's wife heard a soughing i' the lum twa nichts afore he died; and I telled baith her and him what wad happen, and happen it did, sure aneugh.
Puir Tom Macalister, the rich shipper o' Leith, has been found wi' his throat cut lyin' ahint the dyke by the Leith walk.
The Minister nodded his apprehension, then taking the pipe out of his mouth, inquired, 'Wha was the puir widdie woman?
His evil spirit is awa wi' the puir laddie, and we mun prevent body an' spirit comin' thegither again.
Ey, the conquest o' society is uphill work for puir Sir Tom.
A few short weeks o' pain shall fly, An' asleep in that bed shall thy puir brother lie.
He cudna be jist that agreeable company to the likes o' her, puir leddy!
Weel, there cam' a time whan an English lord begud to be seen aboot the place, an' that was nae comon sicht i' oorpuir country.
She'll no be ill to carry, puir thing," said John Monilaws.
The puir woman, wi' her bairn still in her arms, shrieked as she saw him depart, perhaps for ever.
Ye may be married and awa lang afore she kens onything about it, puir thing.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "puir" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words: puir body; puir thing
