Sentence examples for Become paupers from inspiring English sources

But they become paupers, hungry and cold.

Caught between fixed costs (the hire and upkeep of their domestic appliances) and falling prices for their products, tens of thousands of families were doomed to become paupers.

But they're not:  Some people are wildly successful, and get into the 1%; others are horribly unsuccessful and become paupers (or receive foreclosure papers); and most earn mediocre returns that are — surprise!

Banks failed, smelters shut down, and silver kings became paupers.

Overnight, oilmen with mansions and private airstrips became paupers living in mobile homes.

The population of Rome swelled, but economic growth could not keep pace, so many citizens became paupers dependent on a public dole.

The state has become a pauper.

A prince can become a pauper.

But black gold and natural gas now trump frankincense and myrrh, so Arabia Felix has become the pauper of the peninsula — a stark contrast to the bling of Dubai and the luxurious beach resorts of Oman.

But, even five minutes ago, when everyone was apparently sitting atop a hillock of gold coins like Scrooge McDuck, a night at the Box was a quicker way to become a pauper than investing with Bernie Madoff.

"It's one thing to be a marcher at a symbolic rally," civil rights leader Jesse Jackson told CNN on Saturday, "[But] he lost of all of his wealth, he almost became a pauper, [going] school to school giving speeches because he'd gave it all up for his principles.