penury

Example Sentences

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In California, 5.5 million residents, including 2 million children, will be forced deeper into penury.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

The AAU’s dictatorial control forced athletes into penury and enriched its leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2025

If that’s true, what conceivable difference could it make whether a few of the dinosaur oil and gas companies want to merge and go into the abyss of bankruptcy and penury holding hands?

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2023

Raye has been an outspoken critic of the industry after spending nearly a decade in record label penury, unable to release an album without their say-so.

From BBC • May 18, 2023

All went well until 1848, when the factory burned down and the family was reduced to penury.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson