poverty-stricken

Example Sentences

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As bodies continue washing up in a poverty-stricken part of Calabria, some local residents wonder whether a hard-line government understands what drives migration.

From New York Times

He grew up in the projects, in a poverty-stricken area of New York called the Far Rockaways, where some young men whiled away time getting high.

From Seattle Times

By the turn of the millennium, Buffalo ranked as one of the most poverty-stricken cities in the nation.

From Washington Post

In the past few years, thousands of migrants from poverty-stricken or war-ravaged countries in Africa, Middle East and Afghanistan have perished in the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea.

From Seattle Times

And after lifting himself from a poverty-stricken childhood, he wants the proverbial piece of the pie.

From New York Times