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
The AAU’s dictatorial control forced athletes into penury and enriched its leaders.
He faced agony abroad, then penury in his adopted home.
From Seattle Times
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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
