Blind and unable to provide for a family, his hopes were dashed.
We could also admit that we have a vast pool of "citizenry" unwilling or unable to provide for itself.
At 12 her mother, unable to provide for her, left Jiménez and her sister in the house of a seamstress to work in exchange for clothes.
Many women, especially, unable to provide for their large families, and lacking job opportunities, travel to wealthier nations, such as the U.S., to find work.
Let's be clear about what that means: an economic downturn; people losing their jobs and livelihoods; parents left unable to provide for their families.
Unable to provide for her two sons, she sent them to live with her parents, who owned a small house in the black section of Savannah., Ga.
After the Germans invaded and Jews were confined to a Vilnius ghetto, his father, unable to provide for the family, left a suicide note and disappeared.
Some stoke the fear that Sweden risks being unable to provide for its own citizens if it continues to let in so many outsiders.
Thus we need to have troops nearby prepared to re-engage in case the Sunni Arabs prove unable to provide for their own security against the foreign jihadists.
Godparents are particularly important; if parents become unable to provide for their children, godparents are expected to assume responsibility for them.
"They currently have an important transportation need that we are unable to provide for," the note reads, above a signature and phone number from the soup kitchen.
