How to use "destitute" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "destitute" in popular movie and book plots

  • Billy's Christmas pageant prank goes horribly awry, and a destitute old lady needs a bag of food, but he forgets to bring it to her.  - Christmas Every Day
  • Mal finds his father Ezra (Joe Seneca) left destitute after his home had been burned down and his land overrun by cattle.  - Silverado (film)
  • He arrives at Ellangowan in time to be present at the death of the now destitute Godfrey Bertram.  - Guy Mannering
  • Henry Chinaski (Mickey Rourke) is a destitute alcoholic who lives in a rundown apartment and works menial jobs when he can find them.  - Barfly (film)
  • One day, he abandoned her, taking her inheritance, leaving her destitute and alone.  - The Shanghai Gesture
  • She got destitute and started having an affair with Ali, who in turn was also unfaithful.  - Rog
  • Circumstances leave mason Tom Builder and his family destitute and starving.  - The Pillars of the Earth
  • Left almost destitute and without any education, the sisters are forced to sell the family home to cover their father's debts.  - The House of Eliott
  • He is then left destitute in the middle of New York with very little money and no job.  - The Passion of New Eve
  • Her father claims these were loans to help a destitute friend and which he was unable to repay before his death.  - Music Box (film)
  • Eventually he purchases an estate from the destitute Khlobuyev but is arrested when he attempts to forge the will of Khlobuyev's rich aunt.  - Dead Souls
  • Wilson arrives at Hollis's and Addison's house, destitute and sick ("The Game [Reprise]").  - Road Show (musical)
  • Through his observations of dr Niide's compassion and a series of destitute patients, dr Yasumoto learns what being a doctor really means.  - Red Beard
  • In February 1864 Pinson is shipped out to Barbados, and a destitute Adèle follows him.  - The Story of Adele H.
  • Years later, Yevgraf finds a sick and destitute Yuri in Moscow during the Stalinist era and gives him a new suit and a job.  - Doctor Zhivago (film)
  • While they live in opulence, the destitute and dirt poor live nearby in crowded, filthy tenements.  - Dead End (1937 film)

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