Sentence examples for was being poor from inspiring English sources

To many, Taylor's biggest crime was being poor, black and female.

But, to members of the cartel, jihadists seemed misguided, because they were willing to die for an ideology, when their real problem was "being poor".

Our only crime was being poor and lacking opportunities.

Gilman allegedly told dispatchers his emergency was being "poor" and not able to vote.

I ask Harry a blunt question: Is being poor in modern Britain really as bad as it was being poor in 1924?

After watching for a week it's clear that Ms. Dhu died from blood poisoning and pneumonia but what really killed her was being poor, black, and female.

But more importantly, neither is being poor.

Neither is being poor.

Naturally, that's being poor.

But, as she tells Jamie, the problem is more than simple loneliness: "It's being poorer.

Luckily the ball is was poor.