be impoverished
Example Sentences
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But our way of existing will be impoverished in the process.
From Scientific American • Jul. 12, 2023
Will our children be impoverished by better access to pre-K schooling?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2021
Your average kid is way more likely to be impoverished than your average adult.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2018
“You don’t want to be impoverished because your mother has cancer. It’s already bad enough that your mom has cancer.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2016
Denmark is said to be impoverished by the disproportion of the learned to the industrial class; production is insufficient, and too much of a good thing cripples the country.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 by Various