Sentence examples for they were destitute from inspiring English sources

Lea Tolls, 47, a self-described "Occu-mom", says, "Except for [Stevens] they were destitute.

As for the so-called net winners -- people who withdrew more than they put in -- Mr. Donnelly said they would have to return the money unless they could prove they were destitute.

Their claims for household goods were still unpaid, and they were destitute of everything needful for use and comfort.

"They're not poor, they're destitute.

Assistant coaches are certainly not crying that they are destitute.

So they're not feckless, they are penniless, and now they are destitute.

The local authorities won't recognise them as a priority need, so they are destitute.

Its clients are primarily people who have got into trouble because of changes in their circumstances, rather than because they are destitute.

"There are a lot of people in line in Pacoima, in Boyle Heights, to get that housing," she said, but on skid row, "these are not just low-income people, they're destitute.

Not all of them are destitute.

They are destitute and live in makeshift shacks.