Sentence examples for had been destitute from inspiring English sources

Whether black or Indian, the man had been destitute enough, and law-abiding enough, to leave no trace in the public record.

The charity's figures show that at least 3,373 refugees and asylum seekers in the UK have been destitute over the past three months.

He said: "I've been destitute and emotionally topsy turvy.

Dressed in a black jacket and jeans, he says he has been destitute for nearly a decade – with periods spent sleeping rough – although he is now living in temporary accommodation.

"She would have been destitute... homeless".

While a student, he preferred composing to giving concerts, and only after his family had been left destitute by World War I and the Russian Revolution did he make his concert debut (1922, Kharkov).

In the scene, Jean Michel, who had been a destitute graffiti artist, has just been discovered by the art world and become celebrated and wealthy; he goes to the counter at Dean & DeLuca and orders a big tin of caviar as if it were penny candy.

The Lower Cherokee had been rendered destitute.

My Korean mother had been a destitute sex worker and therefore I had grown up with seeing nothing very positive regarding men or being a man.

He spoke English, and said he had been a teacher, but now was destitute.

Millions had been killed; tens of millions more were destitute or had fled.