Sentence examples for destitute live from inspiring English sources

Most of the continent's destitute live away from big cities, in the remoteness of the bush.

The destitute live in the Shiite flats, on the west side of town.

In Osaka's Nishinari ward, where many destitute live, bottles and stones mark out sleeping spots on the pavement, but belongings are stacked away neatly during the day.

While the destitute live in inner-city slums or in katchi abadis, unplanned ghettos on the fringes, the wealthy live isolated in Karachi's most prestigious neighbourhoods, Clifton and Defence, in walled-off homes manned by 24-hour armed guards.

At least 26,000 failed asylum seekers are destitute, living on Red Cross food parcels.

Most of the people, however, are destitute, living on less than $1 a day.

As a social worker in downtown Passaic, I repeatedly encounter the destitute living conditions of numerous Passaic residents.

An asylum seeker, a student in one of my classes, told me he was destitute, living on a bench in the shadow of St Paul's cathedral.

In her later years, Jameson was practically destitute, living mainly on a monthly Social Security check, until publicity about her situation prompted private donations and financial assistance from an L.P.G.A. fund.

In the clashes between Native American tribes and the Europeans trying to clear them from the land, Barry found a "rather Irish story"; like the impoverished Irish during the famine years, Native Americans were "supported by government and therefore made destitute, living in white man's rags".

After she was abandoned by her second husband, she became destitute, living in New York on a skimpy welfare payment.