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

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

  • As a poor liar, Ann is suspicious and confronts Steele, who admits the truth.  - Dark Victory
  • While they live in opulence, the destitute and dirt poor live nearby in crowded, filthy tenements.  - Dead End (1937 film)
  • Kim (Kimball O'Hara) is the orphaned son of an Irish soldier and a poor Irish mother who have both died in poverty.  - Kim (novel)
  • Judas angrily insists that the money used to obtain the oil should have been used to help the poor instead.  - Jesus Christ Superstar
  • Bonforte is rescued, but he is in poor health due to the treatment inflicted on him during his imprisonment.  - Double Star
  • The desperately poor villagers crowd around her hotel, impatiently waiting for her demise so they can steal her belongings.  - Zorba the Greek (film)
  • Once revealed, Chandler notices the poor quality and realizes someone has stolen his painting and replaces it with a cheap imitation.  - Animal Crackers (1930 film)
  • Nicholson conducts an inspection and is shocked by the poor job being done by his men.  - The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • His research reveals that when there is a poor harvest, the islanders make a human sacrifice to ensure that the next will be bountiful.  - The Wicker Man
  • She tells a moving story of growing up poor and losing her young husband in World War II.  - All About Eve
  • They conclude that Oswald was too poor a marksman to make the shots, indicating someone else, or multiple marksmen, were involved.  - JFK (film)
  • A poor village in Mexico is periodically raided for food and supplies by Calvera (Eli Wallach) and his bandits.  - The Magnificent Seven
  • His father, a middle-class man from England's countryside, marries a poor woman who falsely believes she is marrying into a monied family.  - Death of a Hero
  • Nobita is a young boy who suffers from poor grades and frequent bullying.  - Doraemon
  • Due to poor visibility, Janet drives her car off the road and into a ravine.  - Bride of the Monster
  • A happy ending prevails for all – except for poor Senex, stuck with his shrewish wife Domina.  - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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