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Example sentences for: poor

How can you use “poor” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Though we have always been poor in our natural resources, we are rich in the quality of people that we produce.
Every official we questioned about the possibility of an invasion of Afghanistan said that it was almost unthinkable, absent a provocation such as 9/11, because of poor prospects for cooperation from Pakistan and other nations and because they believed the public would not support it.
And I'm still waiting to find out what's so brave about poor Neville Longbottom, who keeps losing his pet toad, getting scolded by his grandmother, and cowering in corridors.
I think that the poor population in the true rural areas will benefit from more attorneys with a wide range of expertise.
The jury of 11 whites and one black rejected the defense's argument that poor conditions in the Texas prisons in which King had served time had caused his racism.