poverty-stricken
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of poverty-stricken
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Through his Pearl Fund, he is making a difference in the lives of orphaned, fatherless and poverty-stricken young people.
From BBC
This explosive, eye-opening work came from Ivy League professor Desmond moving to a trailer park and rooming house in a poverty-stricken part of Milwaukee.
From Los Angeles Times
Elsewhere, Israel offered aid packages — a boon for the poverty-stricken population but one that many rejected.
From Los Angeles Times
The decision means there will be more preventable deaths in the 17 poverty-stricken counties along Interstate 95 that constitute the Corridor of Shame, Brown said.
From Salon
He was calling from a jail in Jehanabad, a poverty-stricken district and, at the time, a stronghold of left-wing extremism.
From BBC
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