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Discover LudwigThe phrase "arrive penniless" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe someone who arrives at a place without any money. Example: "After losing his job, he had no choice but to arrive penniless at his friend's house for help."
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Most arrive penniless.
Moreover, Asians say that some Australians tend to confuse the refugees, who arrive penniless, with migrants who bring money or skills.
They arrive penniless, homeless, friendless and with a screaming infant, but are soon taken in by a cheerfully eccentric childless couple who happen to own a bed-and-breakfast and love both art and babies.
"What's better: for a family to move to the city with dignity, and whose children have the skills to live well in the city, or for a family to arrive penniless with no skills other than an eternal hope that things in the city will be better?" Sibylla Brodzinsky travelled to Guatemala from Colombia, where she is based, on a reporting grant from Oxfam.
No question, the American Dream has always been that someone could arrive penniless and work their way upward by becoming more educated, creating their own business, etcetera, if not for themselves then for their children.
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Arnaz and his father escaped to Miami, arriving penniless.
Moises, who arrived penniless from Mexico 20 years ago, owns two restaurants and employs five people.
He traveled to Marseilles, then Morocco, and finally New York, where he arrived penniless and unknown.
He arrived penniless and illiterate, but his construction work won a reputation as top-notch.
Most of these Jews found refuge in Israel, where they arrived penniless.
Because he arrived penniless, he had to borrow money to buy food and rent a room.
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