panhandler

Example Sentences

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Yet, during my visit, I was also hit up by a panhandler as if to perfectly underscore that there are two Americas showing up at the most American of American restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Shortly after moving here, I was approached by a panhandler in the parking garage of the Beverly Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

“If I wasn’t where I was, you couldn’t be where you was,” the panhandler says.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

I was approached by a panhandler while I waited for my traveling companion at a concession stand.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023

You're nose gets as red as a rear light on an automobile or the beak of a Park Row panhandler.

From Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie by Stone, Barney