Sentence examples for facing penury from inspiring English sources

By the turn of the century, Chamberlain was facing penury.

(Though she isn't facing penury just yet: she was recently announced as the new host of QI).

A report out on Monday from Scottish Widows will show that it is already having an impact, with the proportion of low-income people facing penury in retirement falling significantly since auto enrolment began in 2012.

With all the reports of writers facing penury and the dwindling of literary fiction as a dominant narrative form, you might assume that authors, fighting over a shrinking pot of coin, would be pushed to write pedestrian pieces and avoid risk.

To paraphrase Macaulay, contemporary writers sometimes know luxury, and often face penury, but they never know comfort.

In any case, if you face penury on £2,000 a year, maybe you will be glad you at least helped your children - you could even demand to move in!

Ballet is an expensive business, and no one knew that better than Serge Diaghilev, who several times faced penury as he tried to sustain his precarious and brilliant enterprise Les Ballets Russes, between 1909 and 1929.

Thus he arrived back in Paris to face penury even worse than usual.

Mark: three heart attacks, a couple of strokes, a big drink problem, yet expected to be able to work, apply for work or face penury.

When Lady Orlando, faced with penury, is propositioned by the unappealing Archduke Harry John Woodd), who says, "I am offering you my hand..

When Lady Orlando, faced with penury, is propositioned by the unappealing Archduke Harry John Woodd), who says, "I am offering you my hand...