povertystricken

Cruelty to animals so it is to let that bloody povertystricken Breen out on grass with his beard out tripping him, bringing down the rain.

Ulysses 2003

Elene was thinking of an imaginary peasant-hardworking, povertystricken, superstitious-laying a straw mattress on the earth floor, pulling a rough blanket around him, and finding conso - lation in the arms of his wife.

The Key to Rebecca Follett, Ken, 1949- 1980

Now, this has made it that Egypt has either been a very wealthy or a povertystricken country, according to the Government.

The Present Unrest in Egypt 1921

They are congested, povertystricken districts and Mr. Balfour realized this.

The Irish Problem 1920

Cruelty to animals so it is to let that bloody povertystricken Breen out on grass with his beard out tripping him, bringing down the rain.

Ulysses James Joyce 1911

Cathy, 51, still lives in the same estate and has just seen the publication of an autobiography, The Wee Yellow Butterfly, which follows her journey from povertystricken obscurity to social commentator and internationally respected campaigner.

The Daily Record - Home 2009

Yet Miss Stafford, either blinded by her contumelious zeal or hanging on for dear life as her runaway hobby horse gallops into the sunset (possibly both), deplores the povertystricken imagery that is often the result of a combination of an impoverished imagination and a hyperactive gift of gab instead of ignoring it, comforted by the knowledge that it will all soon dry up and blow away.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 3 1974