poverty-stricken

Example Sentences

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The Uzbek despot distinguished himself by “boiling his enemies, slaughtering his poverty-stricken people when they protest, and conscripting armies of children for slave labour,” according to The Guardian.

From Salon

Through his Pearl Fund, he is making a difference in the lives of orphaned, fatherless and poverty-stricken young people.

From BBC

This explosive, eye-opening work came from Ivy League professor Desmond moving to a trailer park and rooming house in a poverty-stricken part of Milwaukee.

From Los Angeles Times

Elsewhere, Israel offered aid packages — a boon for the poverty-stricken population but one that many rejected.

From Los Angeles Times

In the latest violent incident, five men were shot dead in a shop in the poverty-stricken Laventille area on Sunday.

From BBC