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Example sentences for: destitute

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It's worth noting that Robinson knew small-town life and also suffering; he was destitute until President Theodore Roosevelt, directed by one of the Roosevelt children to a book of Robinson's, created a government job for the poet.
Pros: No destitute hustlers lurking about (unless you count my friends), and I didn't have to leave the house.
destitute Having someone who has a duty to support one and who could provide for one's needs (State v.
Meanwhile, ostensibly destitute Somali refugees led lucrative secret careers as black-market merchants of relief supplies.
I guess destitute people are pretty funny when you're federally subsidized.