Sentence examples for poor as a from inspiring English sources
"Are you as poor as a field mouse?" he asked.
I am sick, anxious, poor as a beggar...".
It's poor as a consequence of an unjust war".
We are not poor as a people, yet somehow we have become bankrupt as a society.
I'm poor as a church mouse," I said, and set off in the opposite direction.
Once he even discussed Jesus' commitment to the poor as a model for politicians.
No, the beloved children of a curate as poor as a church mouse will do fine.
And he regards higher consumption among the poor as a very good thing.
"The difference was that you could work hard to be poor as a dentist, or you could do nothing and still be poor as a worker in the Cultural Bureau.
Today, poverty is widespread and access to health care is poor, as a new generation of Khmers rebuilds.
Critics will claim councils are being forced to sell their best property, and reducing council property in England into residual housing for the poor as a result.
