Sentence examples for it impoverished from inspiring English sources

In 2008, the government made an emergency decision to guarantee the banks' debts, thus condemning the country to brutal austerity that has left it impoverished and weighed down by debt of its own.

But in the process it impoverished the population and condemned thousands to death from disease.

They were "Scottish exceptionalists", those nationalists who believed Scotland was preeminent and would vote yes even if it impoverished the country, and "blue collar Bravehearts", those working class, largely male, voters who identified themselves as Scottish, not British.

Despite being persecuted for it, impoverished peasants turned increasingly to Tonghak ("Eastern Learning"; see Ch'ŏndogyo), a syncretic, nationalistic religion that opposed Western culture and espoused equality of all people.

Cuba has also reacted cautiously to Russia's overtures because of lingering animosities that emerged when Moscow all but abandoned the country in the 1990s, leaving it impoverished and isolated.

Cuba has also reacted cautiously to Russia's overtures due to lingering animosities that emerged when Moscow all but abandoned the country in the 1990s, leaving it impoverished and isolated.

But it sees Yemen, its impoverished next door neighbor, as a different matter.

In his plays Mamet relishes slang for its impoverished poetry; it helps to create the sense of energy and of absence which his work dissects.

For the nearly deforested Caribbean island nation and its impoverished population, it was a brilliant thought.

Today it is impoverished, 60% of its population dependent on food aid.

When it was awarded again to Sweden, in 1645, it was impoverished, but under Swedish rule conditions improved.