Sentence examples for destitution for from inspiring English sources
"destitution for" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It typically means a state of extreme poverty or a lack of basic necessities. Example: The recent economic crisis led to widespread destitution for many families, with some struggling to afford even food and shelter.
Should the civilian killed be such a breadwinner, £3,000 would do no more than hold off destitution for the family for a year or two".
If a pension fund fails, Social Security may be what makes the difference between basic survival and destitution for the fund's recipients.
Most people live in poverty or destitution for limited periods of time, with millions of us vulnerable to experiencing poverty at some point in our lives.
According to Mr Yunus, the surest route out of destitution for the world's poorest people lies not in aid, welfare payments or loans from development banks to governments, but in lending tiny amounts of money directly to the poor.
"The humanitarian emergency insurance contract might, in the future, offer us a way of insuring against these massive losses before they spell destitution for millions of families," WFP chief James Morris said in a statement.
That national government continued until 1940 and was directly responsible for the appalling suffering during the slump that followed, with mass unemployment and destitution for the many thrown out of work.
Huge gaps appeared between rich and poor: a new, predatory super-rich class on one hand, near-destitution for pensioners and the redundant on the other.
His presentation of the hypocrisy of philanthropy and inhumane treatment of the poor is unblinking – I certainly can't read him without seeing clear parallels to today's world, particularly in the way he makes clear the function of language in distancing those responsible for destitution from the actions which cause it.
Thus began their steady descent into destitution and, for Miller, near madness.
What Naipaul saw was merely the bewilderment and destitution of the locals, for whom island life was a kind of imprisonment: 'Sugar-cane and sugar-cane, ending in the sea, and the diseased coconut trees, blighted by the rhinoceros beetle.' What impresses most in this essay, apart from its courage, is the precision of language and the acuity of observation.
Forgetfulness: a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
