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

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

  • Now penniless Betty and her father move into a small shabby apartment.  - Champagne (1928 film)
  • Finding himself penniless and stranded after the Nazis take over his country, he is taken in by the local Polish emigre community.  - Trans-Atlantyk
  • Adding to Molly's misfortune, she finds out that her father's accountant embezzled her money, so she is left penniless and homeless.  - Uptown Girls
  • Jos is smitten with Becky, but in a private discussion, George convinces Jos to break off his attentions to the penniless girl.  - Vanity Fair (2004 film)
  • Graham has a long-standing engagement to the penniless Mary Snow, whom he supports and educates while she is being "moulded" to be his wife.  - Orley Farm (novel)
  • He is not expected to last long and while he is in bed sick, he shows his emotions for Angelique, a voluptuous but penniless French girl.  - Gai-Jin
  • In Chile, for instance, they encounter a penniless and persecuted couple forced onto the road because of their communist beliefs.  - The Motorcycle Diaries (film)
  • Meanwhile, Philip invests in mines but is left nearly penniless because of events surrounding the Boer War.  - Of Human Bondage
  • Don Calogero, a peasant moneylender, eloped with Angelica's mother, who was the daughter of a penniless Salina tenant.  - The Leopard
  • Mays wins for Britain, but he recognises Newton's heroism and insists on sharing the glory and the prize with the penniless American.  - Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
  • At Simon's insistence, Wai-Tung decides to marry one of his tenants, Wei-Wei, a penniless artist from mainland China in need of a green card.  - The Wedding Banquet
  • The Cabal is left penniless and its members are dispersed.  - The Confusion
  • The Nazis have left Job penniless and worse, George tells Fanny, and he calls on her to be generous.  - Mr. Skeffington
  • Sullivan dresses as a penniless hobo and takes to the road, followed by a fully staffed double-decker coach at Lebrand's request.  - Sullivan's Travels
  • Blondie grows weary of Tuco's complaints, and abandons him penniless in the desert.  - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • He meets penniless Ann Darrow and convinces her to join him for what he proposes as the adventure of a lifetime.  - King Kong (1933 film)

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