pauperize

Example Sentences

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Arose Alexander R. Sheppard, great public spirit, great builder, to pave and light streets, lay sewers, plant trees, pauperize himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Runaway price boosts might wipe out savings, pauperize individuals, bring down governments —but usually in only one or a few countries at any specific time, and for what seemed fairly clear reasons.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shall he pauperize himself just for a cousin?

From The "Goldfish" by Train, Arthur Cheney

They flocked to her, though she did not pauperize them by giving her services free.

From The Second Generation by Phillips, David Graham

Hitherto, however, to a large extent, endowed charities, it must be admitted, have tended to weaken the family and to pauperize.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various