Sentence examples for as poor from inspiring English sources

The phrase "as poor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare someone's financial status or quality of life to another person or group.
Example: "He felt as poor as the beggar on the street corner, struggling to make ends meet."
Alternatives: "just as impoverished" or "equally destitute".

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We were as poor as church mice.

They are as poor as poor can be.

"I'm not as poor as I look.

The second argument is just as poor.

[laughter] You're just as poor as Negroes".

"People weren't as poor as all that.

The observers, he said, were "as poor as church mice".

"Are you as poor as a field mouse?" he asked.

Thankfully the penalty was as poor as Vale's home attendances.

But Angolans, by many indications, remain as poor as ever.

He was "born as poor as it gets in America.

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