Sentence examples for were illiterate from inspiring English sources

"My parents were illiterate.

My grandparents were illiterate.

Eighty-four percent were illiterate.

The peasants, who were illiterate, spoke English.

"We were illiterate people," he said.

But we had colleagues who were illiterate.

Three-quarters of the population of nine million were illiterate.

Those who were illiterate could get help writing letters home.

Two had never attended school and were illiterate.

Most of his brothers and sisters were illiterate.

You suddenly can say something, where before you were illiterate.