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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'poor things' is correct and usable in written English, although it is informal.
It is used to express sympathy or pity for somebody or something. Example sentence: The puppies were cowering in the corner, poor things.
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poor things
noun
Plural of poor thing
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Poor things.
Poor things!" he laughs.
For the poor, things are especially tough.
Poor things; what do they do for self-flagellation?
"My, but they do get thirsty, poor things," she said.
Ah, the poor things, they became dependents and cranks.
"But they've been reviewing me forever, poor things.
Are the poor things never allowed a night off?
"Poor things, no one ever came to ask for them.
Poor things, they had all been eaten in the straitness of the siege".
The peasants who had once helped them were arrested: "They were all shot, poor things".
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