ask alms
Example Sentences
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A bat-eared young man with the mournful features of a card player who has aces wired, Murray could not ask alms as a disabled vet, since he had not been in service.
From Time Magazine Archive
To seek to win love from him was about as hopeless as it would have been to ask alms of a man whose purse was empty.
From Henry Dunbar A Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
He does not dare to ask alms for a fugitive.
From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Parker, Theodore
Beggars often ask alms in the interest of particular saints, and this one had attached himself to Elias.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
There are few public charities; and it is not a common custom to ask alms.
