indigent

Five years ago, Devi, the only daughter in a rural, indigent Sri Lankan family and a principal figure in Randy Boyagoda’s “Lords of Serendipity,” made the finals of a spelling competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

An indigent defense commission in Michigan, which was formed by the legislature in 2013, has led to significant reforms and a substantial influx in state funding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

Ross, according to his website, has represented more than 10,000 indigent defendants and completed more than 110 jury trials.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

When the center was founded in 1971, it mainly did legal work for clients who were indigent or had civil-liberties complaints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Poverty to him was an abstract, distant concept, applicable to the tenants at Tres Marias and the indigent patients his brother Jaime helped; he had never had any direct contact with it himself.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

When it becomes apparent, with the approach of evening, that the city cannot house all its indigents, those already in the library decide to stay there overnight.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 5, 2019

Nothing fancy or pretentious at this humble site, a resting place established for city indigents in the 1870s.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2019

For 12 years she maintained an appellate practice in California representing indigents on appeal from adverse rulings.

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2018

The emergency needs of indigents who were not members of the Society were also taken care of, though regular members received most of the organization’s benefits.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 12, 2016

People swarming in, cities doubling and trebling in numbers of inhabitants, while the fiscal guardians groan over the increasing weight of improvements and the need to care for a large new spate of indigents.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck