How sick she must have been—the poor dumb old bag! East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“One of these days”—Uncle wagged a finger at Father—“you will appeal to my better side once too often and my poor, overburdened, sentimental, soft heart will die of the extra load.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Storch was saying, cracking the poor goose’s bone with his large teeth. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The poor little fellow had buried his nose as far as possible under his blanket. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

While some argue that it is attributable primarily to racial bias and discrimination, others maintain that it is due to poor education, unraveling morals, and a lack of thrift and perseverance among the urban poor. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There were no classes, no rich or poor and no exploitation of man by man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a strange tale, but it did not shake my faith; and I replied earnestly, “You are all mistaken; I know the murderer. Justine, poor, good Justine, is innocent.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Hutchinson Street Baptist Church, which Claudette faithfully attended, was a church for the working poor. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone was poor, and everyone asked him why he was there. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mainly I did this because I’m too poor for my parents to get me a phone and I didn’t want to stare at them while they did their makeup. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He glanced at Lily, who was pointedly ignoring the poor guy. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I asked, doing an extremely poor job of hiding my apprehension. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Charles is upstairs with her now. She’s hysterical because somebody asked that poor girl who rode down with you.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You sure treat your poor momma cruel,” Darlene said out the door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like Game of Thrones with poor people. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Now that I had shined it on him, this poor blind moth couldn’t resist my light. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of her poor dentures, Desdemona hadn’t really had lips for years. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But that money, and the idea of giving it to poor people, had made me feel pretty good about myself. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Children from poor homes often find themselves beguiled by a host of new temptations when suddenly confronted by great wealth. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Truth and love are Jesus in the midst of the poor.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had come blundering like a poor fool on ground that was preserved. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A wave of compassion and concern could have flooded poor and working-class communities in honor of the late Martin Luther King Jr. All of this could have happened, but it didn’t. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I learned, however, from his wife, who seemed a decent, poor soul, that he was only the assistant to Smollet, who of the two mates was the responsible person. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, he wasn’t. The boy was poor. With skin as bright as a light bulb. Look, I had to marry someone light-skinned. But you didn’t need to.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The public symbols and constant reminders of black subjugation were supported by whites across the political spectrum, though the plight of poor whites remained largely unchanged. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was born in the poorest quarters of the city, because of the harsh winter, the malnutrition, and the dirty water, and it joined forces with the unemployment and spread in every direction. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every Thursday morning, just when Father Mulligan was due to arrive, Baby Kochamma force- bathed a poor village child at the well with hard red soap that hurt its protruding ribs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The perspective gained in the classroom or the library does indeed permit an academic to draw nearer to and understand better the culture of the alien poor. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He may have come to feel that Violet’s gifts were poor measured against his sympathy for the brokenhearted man in the next room. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did you just sink forever until the sand ate away at you and then did your poor bones continue the trip forever down? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck the lollipop into poor old Derby’s gaping mouth. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor people of Milton had had enough of that rising eye. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t—oh, dear, no!—but I hear people talking about money being such a temptation, and I sometimes wish you were poor. I shouldn’t worry then.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are perturbing our poor planet in serious and contradictory ways. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door slid closed behind him, but not before he heard a shocked S.Q. mumbling something about the poor kid cracking under pressure. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

At last they came upon a little hovel of the humblest sort, poorer than any they had yet found, with a roof made only of reeds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was at the railroad plant and yards, he asked the foreman, "How are these poor people keeping alive? They appear to me to be starved." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The early harvests were poor, but they soon improved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You poor devil,” said John Thornton, and Buck licked his hand. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lived there because they were poor and black, and they stayed there because they believed they were ugly. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They told stories about Ted Lavender’s supply of tranquilizers, how the poor guy didn’t feel a thing, how incredibly tranquil he was. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then began the massive waves of poor and half-starved and ragged immigrants from Europe, arriving with everything they owned in the world in bags and sacks on their backs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I come from a poor background, so it’s nothing new for me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They generally appear both poorer and kindlier; the women are wearing country dresses and the men seem uncomfortable in their Sunday clothes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And so much for not being a poor motherless girl in his eyes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

President Bill Clinton raised income taxes for the wealthiest, cut taxes on investment gains, and expanded breaks for the working poor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Closest by is poor lame Mama Mwanza, who scurries down the road on her hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then seeing her teary, unhappy face, I added, “Poor, poor Dedd.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stole from the poor and did not live by the laws he had given No, wait. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to tell anyone. That poor girl is suffering. I think she’s Polish. Will you try to speak to her? Convince her to let me help.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“It was in poor taste, Chancellor, but I didn’t expect it to get around. I only sang it on one occasion, in fact.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She climbed onto the toes of the timid boy doing the Sisters’ daily chores—poor thing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was all about President Johnson trying to get a bill passed to help the urban poor, and then something about the Pueblo, which had been taken over by the North Koreans. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s generally among these poor fools that you’ll see a black kerchief over the man’s head, like Aunt Jemima; he’s trying to make his conk last longer, between trips to the baibershop. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Home? Honey, they done buried him already up there in the potter’s field. Ain’t nobody never going to look on that poor boy no more.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They possessed the academic know-how, they possessed the technical and the scientific skills that could help to lead their mass of poor, black brothers out of our condition. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alaric blinked a bunch of times, twisting his mouth to the side in a poor attempt at being discreet. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Early spring is a poor season for fishing. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sad night, sad night...Where is the poor creature?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The fade-out scene, the one that had Dad actually wringing out his handkerchief, showed the old woman, shivering in a worn and inadequate hug-me-tight, limping slowly up the hill to the poor house. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were rundown and poor, their stucco walls a faded green. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And the fact that we’re raising a niece and nephew, that’s kind of a flag that we weren’t always middle class, just like saying you went to Berea College tells everyone you were poor.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that just shows poor judgment on your part, doesn’t it?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In a country where nearly half live on $1 or less a day, kids from poor neighborhoods almost never go to college. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

After an interval Barbour said, “You poor guy. Has it always been this way?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Durham Housing Authority was finally created in 1949 and a city housing code was drafted in 1956—both measures that should have helped poor residents but, in fact, accomplished little. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I will never forget how Assef’s blue eyes glinted with a light not entirely sane and how he grinned, how he grinned, as he pummeled that poor kid unconscious. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“They were aiming for white-owned businesses that sell inferior goods at inflated prices. There’s a study out about how the poor actually pay more for the basic necessities.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even seem to notice the pain, poor little creature. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, if he does, just you make sure you get your story straight We don’t want to be confusin’ poor old Sheriff Smith.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was indeed a lowly wolf—a poor spirit, with fears and without friends. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paroxysm of blinking made me pity the poor man. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It’s absolutely frightful! Bones under the windows! What can have happened? Oh, those poor children!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the poor pigeon, taken away from his relations. Maybe he’s got children.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The law enforcement methods described in chapter 2 have been employed almost exclusively in poor communities of color, resulting in jaw-dropping numbers of African Americans and Latinos filling our nation’s prisons and jails every year. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even at our poorest we always had beautiful furniture and matching dishes. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

"I am not worthy of this vin-tage, my lord. And it's a poor wine merchant who drinks up his own wares." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Although Rab would have been exactly the same if he had been the son of the wealthiest merchant or the poorest tinker in Boston, Johnny would not. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor kid had to sleep sitting up, squished between his two little sisters. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Roger was the one who guessed you were poor,” she said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I understood full well what this meant: from now on I would have to exist on bananas and have poor nutrition. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t give up our girls for a dozen fortunes. Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if Pa could get a deer, it would be poor and thin, not fat and plump as deer are in the fall. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a miserable time, especially for my poor sister Dee-Dee. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the teachers passed the George Washington Carver houses, a housing project for poor black families, people came out of their homes to encourage them. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I remember is that I never felt so poor as I did then. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We worked with poor people and particularly seniors, with everything from tax preparation to basic economics to HIV education. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am poor and an exile, but it will afford me true pleasure to be in any way serviceable to a human creature.’ Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew you from the description of poor dear Lucy; but——” She stopped suddenly, and a quick blush overspread her face. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Very shortly after she opened her eyes in all their softness, and putting out her poor, pale, thin hand, took Van Helsing’s great brown one; drawing it to her, she kissed it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The poor dog did not have much meat on it, but the man killed and ate it anyway. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost no investigation was done into the poor medical care the victim had received, care that constituted the actual cause of death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“In the twilight, that is the time for lies. I do not tell good lies, so I am a poor fortune-teller. And our sister, Zorya Polunochnaya, she can tell no lies at all.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We may be poor, but at least we’re not this tacky. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In Harlem hundreds of poor people invested their pennies, nickels, and sometimes dollars in the hope that they would hit it big. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Not stricdy speaking an orphanage, the Foundling Hospital was a place of refuge to which poor or destitute mothers could bring their children to be sheltered and educated. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They had lost two cogs to the rocks of Shipbreaker Bay on the very day they set sail, a poor way to begin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And all the while, I was praying that old pervert didn’t call on his favorite caveman to out poor Nick Adams and his friend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Board of Education decision and endorsed by civil rights litigators “did not offer poor whites even an elementary framework for understanding what they might gain as a result of integration.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Fine with me if I died right along with the rest of the poor animals. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard later that poor Huang Taitai waited many hours for more people to come, and finally, when she could not wring any more guests out of her hands, she decided to start the ceremony. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corner saloon was their only gathering place, the poor man’s club. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But not half as sorry as that poor bull’s gonna be.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Farmer moved on, to the town of Mirebalais in Haiti’s central plateau, where he would eventually meet the Haitian Anglican priest Father Lafontant and discover just how poor the poor could be. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“If they do that,” my mother said, “maybe you won’t have as much money as you do now. There are many more poor people in China than there are rich.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which I do, especially after what he tried to do to poor Loretta, who was only trying to help. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Eumaeus welcomed the poor stranger, fed him well and lodged him for the night, giving him his own thick mantle to cover him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black leaders continued to nudge white society for small concessions while at the same time attempting to stifle the more urgent demands of a frustrated black poor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Gloves for my poor old wrinkled hands. How nice.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It would be many months before the rice was harvested and the poor allowed to glean the fallen grain from the bare fields. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Black elites found they had much to gain by positioning themselves as “race managers,” and many poor African Americans became persuaded that perhaps their degraded status was, after all, their own fault. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And here she sat day after day on a Tijuana park bench, waiting for Salvador to come and share another poor meal with her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“So do I, my poor boy. But you are bom, so now we must do the best we can.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What we going to do? You’re hurt so bad, and that poor old man....I hate this place, I really do, I’d burn it to the ground. What we going to do now?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the financial incentives granted to law enforcement to arrest poor black and brown people for drug offenses must be revoked. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Turning very serious, Farmer answered with a long speech about democracy and socialism, the rich and poor, power and privilege. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It was payback for all those times she made me feel bad about being the poor Black kid from the other side of town. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The fact that this “career” path leads almost inevitably to jail is often understood as an unfortunate fact of life, part of what it means to be poor and black in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“A man,” Pris said distantly, “of action. Too bad he’s so poor with his hands, doing mechanical things.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The region’s counties remained some of the poorest in America. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I have not forgotten that poor zebra and what it went through. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next to Lazzaro was poor, doomed old Edgar Derby, with his American and German dogs displayed like a necklace, on the outside of his clothes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My God! what has happened to him? Poor, poor devil!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And now, if you don’t mind, I’ll go and see how poor Bernard’s getting on.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You poor girl,” said Nina, reaching out to rub Hazel’s head. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Of course, you don't, you poor darling!" says Octavia clasping her hands together in distress for me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“She took a tear-gas canister to her face after she tried to stop one of the cops from wailin’ on some poor kid. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In battle, they would be poor substitutes for the lost ships of the Iron Fleet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

God had done a poor job, and Soaphead suspected that he himself could have done better. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That place is nothing but a front for the SIM. They train those poor girls to be spies in households!” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Worse than murdering all those poor people, you mean?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You really do look like the poor masses.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My poor baby,” she murmured, cradling his head in her hands. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

All her life, Koffi had been poor, saddled with debts that didn’t belong to her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It surprised Matt to see how poor the man’s writing was, when his speech was so intelligent. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only one person was in jail after the shooting—our poor dear bus driver. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We were poor enough to get free lunch, but I didn’t want to be the only Indian and a sad sack who needed charity. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever got away with calling Ken a poor sportsman. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing in the opinion or in the subsequent legal strategy made clear that segregation had afforded elites a crucial means of exercising social control over poor and working-class whites as well as blacks. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s got poor- looking soil and it’s too rocky to grow anything. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sad for Theo to receive, “but it’s worse for the poor woman.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Come down, and we will spare the others—your friends, your poor old granny. We only want you!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

If Call’s family was as poor as my grandmother said they were, I could never figure out how Call got so fat. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, yes, we are in favor of helping the poor, environmentalists respond. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to change the subject, to stop thinking about being poor. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

And when you grow up poor, certain worries about money just stick with you. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Do something else, by all means! Alter the future! Make the world a better place in which to live! Help the poor! Feed the hungry. Be kind to idiots! What a challenge!” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worse, there was the contrast between the frantic activity of the poor sailor and the gentle repose of his leg at the bottom of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Coaches were fired all the time for poor records. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a poor room for a royal one, but at least it had a bed in it— the great four-poster which was used as a throne during the daytime. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not her fault, poor woman, that she always said the wrong thing. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They’ll get their necks chopped off and jump around squirting blood, ha ha ha, poor them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man started to tell the story that Baker Abbas was once a poor son of New Jolfa with a heart overfilled with kindness. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He lived out the remainder of his life in Azkaban, lamenting the loss of Marvolo’s last heirloom, and is buried beside the prison, alongside the other poor souls who have expired within its walls.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

If he were fat, older, poor, plain, eccentric, or dreadlocked, then it would be less remarkable, and the guardians of the tribe would be mollified. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

All I can say is, poor kid; he’s probably blind by now. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He was also unwell; his heart was strained and his memory was poor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared down at it and thought of Bunny, poor old Bunny, expert killer of flying pests, stalking houseflies with a rolled-up copy of the Hampden Examiner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Later, when we were alone, she told me it was her opinion that Father was not in his right mind and should think of his poor children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Glen were dirt poor, but Marsha had always compensated for the things she couldn’t give her kids by giving them all of her heart. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My poor pet hit the side of the building with a yelp. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Just what is going on?” the poor, honest abbot demanded, utterly befuddled now. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They thought about poor Longneck and the human who had killed him. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the second type, known as information-based discrimination, one person believes that another type of person has poor skills, and acts accordingly. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But Sebastian Gomez had seen a lot of girls like Alba and recognized the mixture of curiosity and compassion aroused by the sight of the crutches that supported his poor lifeless legs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the poor woman barely knew her name. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The “relos” move periodically from place to place but usually resettle into a neighborhood much like the one they left, adjoined by other subdivisions just a price point richer or poorer. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“And I said to her, I said to my daughter, ‘Why, I can’t leave those poor people out there.’ The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she sees her father dash by, Yoyo thinks he is playing one of his games that nobody likes, and that Mami says are in poor taste. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Urging the urban poor—or anyone—to live up to their highest ideals and values is a good thing, as it demonstrates confidence in the ability of all people to stretch, grow, and evolve. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Bus 209 is also known as the poor kid bus, because it goes to Brentwood Apartments and Forest Oaks, which are the bad neighborhoods with houses that don’t have basements for when tornadoes come. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

That he did, albeit with poor grace, crossing his arms, scowling, and ignoring the naked steel in his lord commander’s hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At first the poor farmer was afraid that his wife had turned into some poisonous flower. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The great Sisler’s father was never poor and he, the father, was playing in the Big Leagues when he was my age.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even his bicycle has been saved, and the tin ear trumpet, nearly two feet long, which poor deaf Konstantin used to hold up to his ear for his students to speak into. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A poor choice of words, what is meant is—" "What is meant is what is said. The boy will give me a crown. And what is given can be taken away." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But not only was he black and from a poor family, he also came of age during the Great Depression. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The populations of Iceland and Norway themselves were too small and too poor for them to continue their support of the Greenland Norse population. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a road accident this morning and she has to examine the poor victim.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Eventually, these rescue efforts gave way to black endorsement of harmful policies aimed at the urban poor. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She’s stunned, and I feel sorry for the woman standing on the front porch of a poor street in an ordinary town. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"But it must still be very little if you are so dreadfully poor," Matilda said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor? What do you mean poor? Poor is sometimes a figure of speech. Do you mean poor?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Giles, the make-up running on his face, poor fellow, and stifling in his Arab blanket, came up to me and said, “Come and watch the fireworks on the terrace.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The links between richer and poorer sections went beyond the materials used for construction or the way buildings were crammed together. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She heard them sigh, “The poor, poor thing,” and clutch their loved ones a little more closely, as though madness was contagious. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I found Abraham at a camp for displaced persons on the mainland. He was a poor, tortured boy, but so strong. I knew at once that he belonged with us.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Some kids tucked the bread under their arms and walked home brazenly letting all the world know that they were poor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime before the school was taken over by Miss Preston's, some poor soul was killed here, his lifeblood seeping into the stone. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

No matter how poor you were, you had a dog. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His relationship to this poor black girl also reveals his relationship to the world. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly, black leaders in Durham did more to support improvements for impoverished blacks than white leaders ever did to help poor whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She doesn’t intend to give us a poor table, at any rate,” the doctor said, peering into the warming oven. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't call me the boy," Robb said, rounding on his uncle, his anger spilling out all at once on poor Edmure, who had only meant to support him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She shrieked, “There he is, poor child!” and pulled me into a hug that nearly jammed the brass buttons on her jacket through my head. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart went out to the poor boy as he stumbled out the door, clutching his hands together as though they were burned. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I was a poor little girl thing who was caring for my drunken father, who had stayed too long at the fair. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

One girl’s sole ambition was to be kind to the poor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘I wonder where he is. I wish he was here and could hear all about it. It would have made him laugh. The cow jumped over the Moon! And the poor old troll!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The town seemed as dead, for not a soul did I see; I rejoiced that it was so, for I wanted no witness of poor Lucy’s condition. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Amaka used to write the office of the Head of State, even the Nigerian Ambassador in America, to complain about the poor state of Nigeria’s justice system. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

How fascinating, they will likely say, that a drug war was waged almost exclusively against poor people of color—people already trapped in ghettos that lacked jobs and decent schools. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Many high schools do a poor job of preparing teenagers for college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Only one of the previous year’s national champions now sat in his varsity boat, and Ebright remained perplexed by the poor performance of the older boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nathaniel Bacon was a white property owner in Jamestown, Virginia, who managed to unite slaves, indentured servants, and poor whites in a revolutionary effort to overthrow the planter elite. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Pity his poor arm all to-brast in a green sling, God bless us!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat next to my giant saguaro awhile looking down at poor old Billy and Fred, endlessly hauling kids around the dirt trail. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You poor dears, one guardian carried off in the night, the other reduced to poultry.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Whatever poor creature they had surrounded was clearly the property of an elderly, fashionably dressed woman who swung her handbag wildly while calling out, “Please, children, keep your distance! Leave my Reginald alone!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Outside the walls, however, they were still fathers, sons, brothers, and husbands—mainly of poor people from New York City. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a village school: your scholars will be only poor girls—cottagers’ children—at the best, farmers’ daughters. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The “working poor,” as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was crying, only a boy, famous hero or not: a poor miserable virgin. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she lives near the movie theater. She could have seen you sneaking in and out of there. Perhaps she even thought she was doing a good deed when she called the poor boy's aunt.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You are poor, indeed, if that’s the only kind of a deal you can make.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He selected the upstream, or north, side, a poor choice because the morning sun and its reflection off the river would be in his face. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“My poor little feet didn’t make much noise then! I daresay poor old Mr. Swales would have told me that it was because I didn’t want to wake up Geordie.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“No matter who that poor man is he deserves our respect. He was once someone’s little angel baby.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Luckily, he was just a poor guy who wanted free pizza. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mopane worms are literally the cheapest thing that only the poorest of poor people eat. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh my aching ear. Father Abbot, you wouldn’t see a poor son of the Spike suffering like this without a drop of last October’s nutbrown ale to wet his parched gullet,” he pleaded. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

So now she needed to hear the whole story about what happened, and how poor Ryan Dean had been mentally abused. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was a poor year, that one—too poor for them to buy the extra coal for the front room stove. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must come in, poor children. I am Aunty Em. Go straight through to the back of the warehouse, please. There is a dining area.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s Jupiter, actually. And how does that make her a poor thing?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You are such a jerk? Whoever told you that the whole world performs according to your instructions? That’s what started this whole mess—you trying to make poor Cap dance to your tune!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

"Oh, come on. Don't do the 'poor little Bobby' routine. Let's get this thing figured out. What are some other ideas? There must be some other ideas, right?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shoved the valise in the waiting beetle, climbed in, and sat mumbling, “Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything, everything gone now...” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

But while all this excitement was going on outside, poor James was forced to stay locked in his bedroom, peeping through the bars of his window at the crowds below. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

As we walked along Fourteenth Street, I remembered the first time I realized we were poor. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

A war has been declared against poor communities of color, and the police are expected to wage it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“This morning, I shall pray for you, and for your poor mother.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among the reasons he and others have cited for the blindness of the affluent is the fact that they are less and less likely to share spaces and services with the poor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought she was going to lecture me about my past not being an excuse for poor behavior. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He was going to be a doctor to poor people. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Genuine equality for black people, King reasoned, demanded a radical restructuring of society, one that would address the needs of the black and white poor throughout the country. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Some poor lost soul had arrived on these terrible shores before me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a poor country, in part because the United States maintained its trade embargo, and because the Soviet Union, once it collapsed in the late eighties, no longer provided financial subsidies. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“That there are in the world such evil men! It tries one’s faith. The poor mother. My heart aches for her.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crudest teachers were those who had come from homes similar to those of the poor children. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I knew Mummy had been poor in India, way poorer than we were. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In Dubai, once, my mom helped a poor lady and she gave us frog to eat, and I had to chew it with my eyes closed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Everything you did since she caught me. Oh, Will, you en’t still bleeding? Your poor hand...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jaime arrived at the end of the party because he had stayed late working in the clinic for the poor where he was undergoing his first training as a medical student. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, that was what the Greeks said, and they made Heaven out to be a very poor father. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we compare our system of knowledge with theirs then theirs is evidently the poorer one by far. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He came unwillingly, letting his father know that he was breaking his back to restore the patron’s wealth while the rest of them would remain as poor as they had been before. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made the inside of poor Billy’s skull echo with balderdash. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Run, Grummore, run! Left, right! Quick march! Double march! Faster, faster! Keep in step! Oh, my poor heels! Oh, my God! Oh, my hat!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe she would have enough to make this poor man go to sleep for a little bit. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“You poor dear,” a woman said to me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

So he wrote to his mother, who was living in Nicaragua doing pro bono medical work for the poor, to see if she could help out. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My poor child has given herself over to fear, and that fear has made her desperate to validate her misperceptions. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“That won’t harm ye, my pretty; an’ it may make poor Geordie gladsome to have so trim a lass sittin’ on his lap. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

If your circumstances were such that you couldn’t afford to eat, or have a home, or have clothes to wear, then you were poor. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t blame or judge me for being poor—instead, she wrote, I hope this twenty dollars helps. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It is true that our color was not our distinguishing feature there, so much as the American- ness represented in our poor handle on French. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

From his volunteer work at a youth basketball league here in Dearborn to his goal of becoming a doctor and bringing quality medical care to poor neighborhoods, Kamal embodied the very best of America. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Poor, poor, Jude. It’s so hard to overcome so many disadvantages.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"The crow is the raven's poor cousin. They are both beggars in black, hated and misunderstood." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Unlike poor black workers such as Ann Atwater, wealthy and middle-class blacks saw little to gain and everything to lose from joining Du Bois. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head at the poor kid, told him: “Lemme ask you somethin’, Pope John Paul, what do you think that word even means?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Startled, poor Fig limped out of the room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The patients looked well dressed, not sickly and poor. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have made me, the son of poor immigrants, rich, powerful, and respected. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over in the poor white neighborhoods of East Durham, C.P. also lay awake, thinking about the evening. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As hungry as Percy was, he couldn’t stand to think about eating with those poor bird ladies watching him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

On the surface of it, Poppea is about lust and ambition conquering all, with poor old virtue, decency and good governance being jettisoned in the process. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Some odd optical property of our highly polarized and unequal society makes the poor almost invisible to their economic superiors. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the planter elite split the labor force, poor whites responded to the logic of their situation and sought ways to expand their racially privileged position. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had traveled halfway around the world, slept in dirt-floor huts, given food and water to the poor and dying, but still hadn’t impressed Mr. Jackson Sage. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

"Words can't describe how poor we were. But we were starting to see better days." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the other passengers, the poor traveling by night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Kings die and beggars die; rich men and poor men die; old people die and young people die. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She felt herself beginning to believe it; but all the same, it was heartrending to see the poor little cold thing, so close and yet so out of reach. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I felt like a poor person in a tenement building, when someone has died, asking if I might see the body. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I was almost as stunned as the poor animal.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

These cotton mills were big and flourishing and most of the workers in the town were poor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I knew the problem was not that we all had poor circulation. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered who she was, poor unclaimed soul, washed up by the wind and tide. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When it comes to reading skills, poor kids learn nothing when school is not in session. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It would be a poor life in a land where no mallorn grew. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That’s why my Grandmother Clara wrote in her notebooks, in order to see things in their true dimension and to defy her own poor memory. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The father had on one of those pearl-gray hats that poor guys wear a lot when they want to look sharp. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Let’s you and I not push poor Mike any further this week. We don’t want him to snap.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was merely trying, that sigh suggested, to drag us all toward enlightenment through the marrow of our own poor female bones. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eyes don’t heal and she takes me to the Dispensary where the poor people see doctors and get their medicines. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I guess poor white and poor colored had enough in common with just being poor. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had that poor Reilly kook really been proud of Levy Pants? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you so taken with that poor girl?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

So Fremantle came to Gettysburg, saw the bodies unburied in the fields, beginning to become offensive in the heat of the morning, poor chaps. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow split a poor waboose, rabbit, and opened its skinny body to show that the creature was mush inside, a bloody pudding as the result of disease. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The gap between the rich and the poor stretches as wide as it did in Fannie’s lifetime. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Children from poor places had been taken on exotic holidays. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He started a project called Greenhouse, where poor people could receive mental health services. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could reply, someone else said: “His leg’s still sitting poor.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gold had driven the conquistadors crazy and they ended up killing themselves and all of those poor Incas. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was clear, whatever had happened to the other poor clones, that Matt wasn’t meant to be one of them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had begged Patty to let her leave the dog there for a week; she’d given dog food and money to one of Patty’s teenage sons to care for poor Mekay. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Yet not so poor,” the other replied politely, “for the women of your house do you credit, and you have begotten five healthy sons.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sounded like his poor little feelings had been hurt. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius found the address and said, “Oh, my God! The poor woman is in the hands of fiends.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Who will take care of me? Who will take care of me now that all the poor young girls are gone? Who will take care of me?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And then ping! ping! ping! as they bounced off the poor Ladybug’s shell because she couldn’t lie as flat as the others. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I moved a little bit closer to him, wondering if people could tell we were poor. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t get why folks act like being poor is a disease, like it’s wrong or something. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was nothing new for my poor sneakers, which had spent the last weeks perpetually brown and moist. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was no swing, no seesaw, no sand pit, and no other children were ever invited to come up the hill to play with poor James. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

We would not wake up from this nightmare to find out it was someone’s real life, and for once that someone wasn’t just a poor unlucky nobody in a shack you could forget about. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The few problems that did arise, it was asserted, were caused by “certain types,” namely the rising numbers of poor Irish, German, and Scandinavian immigrants. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Her poor husband’s bones, that she didn’t have no money to bury. Pilate got a husband somewhere?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a young mother of two small children and had grown up in a poor, rural white family. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Shall we deny this boy, because he is poor and black, the same protection, the same chance to be heard and understood that we have so readily granted to others? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Were the poor white passengers going to die as a result? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just after 6 P.M., tired and hornet-bitten and sweaty and generally in a poor mood, Colin spotted a house a short walk to their left. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It was a poor country, according to Celia, and yet her face lit up when she spoke of it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Modern-day scholar-workers, indulging in clownish display, adopted ghetto accents and assumed costumes of the rural poor. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Typical is a person in poor health. Someone with circulatory problems. Someone who’s old, overweight, or suffering from diabetes.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’m too ashamed to say it straight to the face of two people living in the poor sectors. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And if it be wanted; then, perhaps, if I am ready, poor Jonathan may not be upset, for I can speak for him and never let him be troubled or worried with it at all. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You know, Mary didn’t pack the new clothes she bought to take with her on the trip. And poor Mrs. Dalton’s been pacing the floor and phoning Mary’s friends all day.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Poor fairy, poor tin soldier, poor Dustfinger and—she thought again of the woman with the dark blond hair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And Russia would represent the kind of opportunity Paul and Jim had hoped for when they’d taken on Peru: a chance to affect health policy for the poor on a global scale. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He felt that if he were a poor white and did not get his share of the money, then he would deserve to be kicked. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to ask if Elsie has any idea how long that poor guy has been in a coma when shouts ring out from above us. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Those accused of being witches were usually poor peasant women, often widows. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then we will comfort you and poor dear Madam Mina with new hope. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She wanted to make some poor little Mary, who is not as fortunate as herself, happy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was gray in the light, and he looked to me like some poor victim of a medical experiment. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

As we pushed our way through the hall toward the stairs, I heard somebody ask where was the poor fatherless child. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“It keeps her out of the poor farm, and it gives me a quiet day in the country. That’s a fair swap.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of people from the community—mostly black and poor—had packed the viewing area. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Deep inside he could hear poor Hodor whimpering still, but outside he was seven feet of fury with old iron in his hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Because he had never officially gotten into the squadron, he could never officially be gotten out, and Sergeant Towser sensed that the multiplying communications relating to the poor man would continue reverberating forever. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Its residents’ struggle to maintain their dignity despite absentee landlords and poor city services was intense and ongoing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

This was to us with poor Annie the one great comfort.—Trust to me that time will do wonders, & without causing forgetfulness of your darling.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rich thought that he was rich and the poor considered him a poor man like themselves. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Nobody, but nobody,” he’d yell, “is too poor to turn off the TV two hours a night!” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As for blacks, most whites preferred that all of them—the Barnetts and their fellow Refined as well as poorer folks—stayed among their own. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I have no desire to see the poor girl in such an unpleasant state.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Uncle Willie said something like he didn’t know what the world was coming to, and Momma prayed, “God rest his soul, poor man.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a hungry pigeon tries to steal a bit of hamburger bun smeared with ketchup, Nate rushes at the poor bird and sends it squawking. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

As I got closer to the cart and inspected the poor animal, I had to admit it did look a bit Eeyore-ish. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Now, Laurie, don’t be too fastidious and worldly-minded. If they love one another it doesn’t matter a particle how old they are nor how poor. Women never should marry for money...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will and Anna know what it’s like to be poor, and now we want them to be able to be just regular kids,” she said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

My parents were also poor, but at least I was still in school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The Irish put down my poor innocent Macushla. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Police and prosecutors have been influenced by the media coverage, and a presumption of guilt has now fallen on thousands of women—particularly poor women in difficult circumstances—whose children die unexpectedly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“It would be very hard, indeed, my dear, if poor Isabella were to be anywhere but at Hartfield.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Everyone was positive the disease had been inflicted upon the poor officer in retribution by Major de Coverley, although no one was sure how. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The answer is that poor kids and wealthy kids would, by the end of elementary school, be doing math and reading at almost the same level. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Those poor kids had traded one hell for another—and now they were back in foster care limbo. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“That poor kid,” he heard Alec mutter behind him, thankfully not loud enough for the Toad to hear. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“That was so sweet of you to let those poor orphans with no fingers do your wrapping for you.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You can replant that whole field of corn, tend to it, harvest it, and turn it into food for poor old folks.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We eat our few ounces of poor, scalding pork with little gust. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

One more fright like that and my poor heart will give out, Victor thought. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Samuel, that poor child is unwanted by his father and despised by his stepmother. You should be able to find more kindness in your heart for him.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

These were poor men, who could no longer afford to live by the ocean, who had long ago sold their one-story homes for the valuable sand beneath them. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Instead they were usually relegated to indoor rowing tanks, poor substitutes for the real thing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Many of the girls in Troop 11 were from working-class, even poor, families— children of domestic servants, crab pickers, laborers—whose parents spent most of their waking hours trying to make ends meet. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The thought of standing at a machine all day made my leg throb to the point of hopping, which spooked poor Belle. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

At first the poor man thought that his eyes were deceiving him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

We forgot about it, till Teddy told me that Mr. Brooke owned that he liked Meg but didn’t dare say so, she was so young and he so poor. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And think of the poor farmer when it doesn’t rain all year: if there wasn’t an average yearly rainfall of 37 inches in this part of the country, all his crops would wither and die.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

So she went to Mama Yemo Hospital, the hospital of last resort for the city’s poor, and spent hours waiting in a casualty ward jammed with ragged people and children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Suppose poor little Linnie got sick, up there in the mountains, with nobody around? No doctor?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

And while she looked as poor as everyone said she was, something was missing from her eyes that should have confirmed it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wrapped in a rough bark cloth and wore no shoes; yet she did not look poor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, he had to, poor old chap, with no money of his own. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I want to keep my lives separate—Virginia the poor indigena in Yana Urku, Virginia the rich indigena at queen rehearsals; Virginia the dishwasher at the hotel, Virginia the star student at school. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t care about your safety, first of all. They didn’t care when that poor girl got assaulted and had a seizure, and they won’t care about Reg’s injuries.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I thought she was always poor, but it turned out her family used to be rich and important. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time the poor charioteer was half fainting with terror, and he let the reins fall. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But her maternal grandmother, Munawar, made a point of helping the poor whenever she could. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Still. Without us, who knows how long poor Murphy would have suffered in that place?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, but it takes a determined and not too terribly poor person to find it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d be happy to stand outside and sketch people on the street, especially peasants, laborers, poor people, like the miners in the Borinage. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We weren’t so poor that we couldn’t pay seventy dollars for something I had to have, but she would make me feel awful about it anyway. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Where I’m gonna get a thousand dollars, though? All me and Ignatius got is my poor husband’s Social Security and a little two-bit pension, and that don’t come to much.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some men who came from poor families did not see their wives for many years at a time, if at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We always lived so close to the edge of being poor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He can hardly keep his eyes open, poor boy," Thatha says. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, to this day, he still remembered the spot where the poor thing was buried. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a time, not very long ago, in the desperately poor New York City neighborhoods of Brownsville and East New York, when the streets would turn into ghost towns at dusk. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’d be a dull person if I wrote about nothing but being poor and hungry, wouldn’t I?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hypersegregation of the black poor in ghetto communities has made the roundup easy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The poor victims cannot properly control their muscles. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

In both cases, the racial opportunists offered few, if any, economic reforms to address the legitimate economic anxieties of poor and working-class whites, proposing instead a crackdown on the racially defined “others.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“My... My hair!” burst out poor Jo, trying vainly to smother her emotion in the pillow. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no grand compensation to the admission of envy of the poor. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant that rich countries got the best medical care while poor ones were neglected. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He ran his finger over the ribs that stuck out like spokes and at the poor spine. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it isn’t quite the same thing, is it? We’re speaking of some of the world’s poorest people. The doctors have a responsibility as Africans,” Alexa said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One turkey was destined for our table, one was for the hired help, and one was for the poor at the other end of town. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

One man looked poorer than the others; the cuffs of his coat were frayed and his hands were stained with ink. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were poor, but they worked hard and raised large families and kept to their tribal traditions. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With bullets in your eyes. Like you want to shoot me dead. All I want you to do is help your poor mother.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A poor little fish wriggling on a hook. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Now look here, Mike,” he said, “you shouldn’t do a thing like that. If that poor fellow had been just a little smarter you might have got him hanged.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smell was disgusting, and when it started invading our room, my sister had no choice but to throw that poor turtle away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know we were so rich until we became poor. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I kept searching the sky for any sign of the rocket, but I knew with my poor eyes I wasn’t likely to be the one who saw it first. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It would be very hard upon Mr. Weston if she did not, papa.—You quite forget poor Mr. Weston.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“And they are very, very poor,” suggested Teacher. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were splashes on the roots of a tree, as though the poor creature had been thrashing around in pain close by. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh, but that’s absurd. There’s no need to look a fool. With your appearance, my dear Maxim, you could get away with any costume. You don’t have to worry about your figure like poor Giles.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And what a turning out those poor gypsies got! East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d won significant majorities among blacks, whites, and Latinos; men and women; rich and poor; urban, suburban, and rural. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was hard enough for poor Sam, tired as he was; but for Frodo it was a torment, and soon a nightmare. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And that poor janitor’s next panic attack would be on me. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

‘If you can’t distinguish between a Man and a Hobbit, your judgement is poorer than I imagined. They’re as different as peas and apples.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

For the well-to-do Viennese of the late-eighteenth century onwards, however, including composers like Haydn and Mozart, using the terms ‘gypsy’, ‘Hungarian’ or ‘Turkish’ was like saying ‘random foreign music by poor people’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The occasional solo of the whip added to the symphony of brutality Adarlan had created for its greatest criminals, poorest citizens, and latest conquests. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The poor man’s breathing came in uncertain gasps. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I read to the patients and played with those poor injured children and tried to make myself useful. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of reckless use of explosives that wouldn't have been sensible in a combat zone, much less in a poor black neighborhood in Dothan, Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Did you move them? Did you move my son? My poor son? Did you move him out of the cold street?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Some kids were too poor to buy a penny mask. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lady turned to me and said, “Well, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Leaving your poor grandmother while you hang around that Holly Paine learning goodness knows what.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She had to beg for it, poor creature, because the feeling at court had come to such a pitch that nobody would accept her brief. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we both agreed that if racism could be removed, America could offer a society where rich and poor could truly live like human beings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran came up with this: “Rich girl escapes while poor artist drowns when mega-ship sees only the tip of the iceberg and sinks as the crew rearranges the deck chairs while the band plays on.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You travelled to seek happiness, but a fatality seems to pursue you. And poor Clerval—” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we were so poor you couldn’t actually sue us for anything. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"But my poor nerves——" and then came the most terrible noise they could have heard at that moment: the noise of the door opening. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I was shocked at how old and tired my poor parents looked. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I've got diabetes, high blood pressure, a hyperactive thyroid, and poor circulation in my legs. And she’s worried about a little caffeine.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mother shrieked at the cook, ‘How can you do this, you monster? Where is your humanity? Have you no decency? What did the poor boy do to you? You monster! You monster!’ Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

With no credible scientific evidence that a crime had occurred, the State introduced inflammatory evidence that Marsha was poor, a prior drug user, and obviously a bad mother for not seeking prenatal care. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They had as much substance as fog, poor things, and Lyra's hands passed through and through them, as did Will’s. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, among those students with very poor academic preparation, few completed their courses of study. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Viserys told her tales of knights so poor that they had to sleep beneath the ancient hedges that grew along the byways of the Seven Kingdoms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘Are you telling us that we cut this poor boy’s leg off not to save his life but to get fishing bait? “Silence from the brute. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Was she just a poor speller, or was this a sign of mental impairment? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It brings far more people into poor areas to buy drugs, which then increases the likelihood that they will take an infection home with them to their own neighborhood. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what disturbed me was that the villagers seemed as poor if not poorer than they had been then. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The poor man was half-mad. Something had put a fear in him so deep that my words could not reach him." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This was the thirties, the depression, and folks were poor and they used guns and fishing rods to survive. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

How many people could build a country out of nothing, especially someone as poor as El Patron had been? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Viewed in this light, the frantic accusations of genocide by poor blacks in the early years of the War on Drugs seem less paranoid. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He really wanted to impress Captain Ohaeto; if only the light were not so poor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Women such as Carrie Buck weren’t genetic imbeciles; they were poor, illiterate, unhealthy, and powerless—victims of their social lot, not of the genetic lottery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Alba had no trouble obtaining the key to her mother’s pantry, arguing that there was no need to hoard ordinary flour and poor men’s beans when you could buy Baltic crab and Swiss chocolate. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the hardest winters, when the scavenging was poor and the hunting was worse, Nin had taught Sefia to pick locks, pick pockets, and even steal huge hocks of meat without anyone noticing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There's also the dreaded pity look—the "Oh, you poor thing with no arms" look. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Punished for being in a different circle at Cambridge, for not having a charlady for a mother; mocked for her poor degree—not that they actually awarded degrees to women anyway. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The children shuddered a little at that, remembering their own kind father and gazing sadly at the poor substitute now sitting across the table from them. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She explained that it’s better to give money to local groups who make sure it actually goes toward feeding, educating, and housing poor people. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was just as dirty, he smelled just as bad, he was just as poor. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Every year, Baba gives it all to the poor. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even the poorest of the poor had them— soiled, ripped, brimless, covering their faces as they slept in the park, but boaters just the same. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her arms around me and said, “My poor little boy.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As so often happens in desperately poor places, the worst elements came to the fore. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she watched poor Margaret turn pale and loosen the braid, Penelope was overcome by a particular type of irritated feeling that is known as “having one’s feathers ruffled.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She said, “There’s no better way to look out for families than to make sure the government remembers the needs of children, women, and poor people. Who better to speak for children than women?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

As an organizer, he’d spent weeks and months listening to poor people describe their challenges. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you do this. Don’t you drag these poor girls into our issues. This pageant isn’t some joke for you to make an example of me.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And when poor Briony found the boys’ letter, it was the same antagonism that had made Emily turn on her with unusual sharpness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“In my intentions,” she said, “little else. It was a poor marriage I arranged for your daughter. I have brought this on her.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seem to think we are Santa Claus, the way the children come around begging us for food and things every single day—and us as poor as church mice! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not tolerate sadness or regret over a move in any member of his family, just as he did not tolerate poor morale among Marines in his squadron. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walter's family and most poor black people in his community were similarly burdened by Walter's conviction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“What can me and you do that’ll give your poor ma some comforting?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ll lock myself in and be just fine. You need to go take care of your poor house. But you come right back here if the storm starts to get too bad.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Actually in the Shire in Bilbo’s days it was, as a rule, only the richest and the poorest Hobbits that maintained the old custom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Stop calling it that. It’s a town set up to give hardworking poor people a helping hand.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was just as well, for I should have made a poor companion, and he must have read my face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s hard to say, Sybil, She may be in any one of a thousand places. At the hairdresser’s. Having her hair dyed mink. Or making dolls for poor children, in her room.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I saw that the Arabs are poor at understanding the psychology of non-Arabs and the importance of public relations. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of them had ever tried it before, and at first they made a very poor showing indeed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The poor children, not knowing the danger that was now so close to them, were full of happiness. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But these were largely people who were poor and powerless. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Unless he really did have some kind of problem—poor vision or some learning disability that people in this time would see as stubbornness or stupidity. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Chris has written so much about you. I'm sorry I'm such a poor correspondent, Chris; I found myself in a tangle of cases this past month." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered poor Ms. Castellan in her kitchen, waiting for her son to come home. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was an ancient custom at funerals to hire poor people to take upon themselves the sins of the deceased. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was poor Colin, a colored boy who had come to the manor as a child. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The evil spell is broken, and the little ragged girl and her poor mother are given a nice house next to the castle where they live happily ever after. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Now the look he was giving me was really ugly, and I wondered whether he’d heard a New York accent recently and found mine a poor match. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It will take him some days to pick up the reins. His information will be poor, he will have staff problems.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until that moment there had been a dividing line on one side of which stood the solemn poor and on the other people like himself, among whom he had classed Amanda. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the ersatz patina of science, Mengele’s work was of the poorest scientific quality. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

His opening line was this one: America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sheep's fleece curled from the bare nutty back of a pale stump, but the poor thing couldn't baa without nostrils or a mouth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Vincent wants to bring Jesus to the poorest of the poor. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

At one o’clock Jan will come for half an hour to check on us poor forsaken souls, like a zookeeper. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They have a hole through the toe that I tried to fix nearly a year ago, but my sewing skills are poor, and I wound up just making them ugly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s a Saturday night in summer, so this block is a nexus of tourists plus New Yorkers who made poor life choices that landed them here. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The poor fellow was laid to rest quite near our seat so that we stood on it when the time came and saw everything. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Field is one of those composers who has been dealt an inexplicably poor hand by posterity but who had a huge influence on other composers in their own time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And after a few years the once expensive home may have a poorer family. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

One can imagine the reaction of the mayor and city council members as some 100 poor black people walked into the chamber of city government. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She has no handmaids, poor thing,” he had said to Theon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By contrast, the working-class and poor children were characterized by “an emerging sense of distance, distrust, and constraint.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pay was poor, but I was used to that too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What else could they have done with their money? They could have helped the poor people, for one thing!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of the money, instead of helping the poor people, is stolen by the politicians. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s difficult for the police because no one where she works wants to talk, and everyone’s English is poor. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t know where he was going to begin with, poor old thing. He drank more jack-leg liquor than any human I ever saw. That was his one accomplishment.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then the buildings grow dark and a kind of decay sets in; poorer people move in as the rents fall, and small fringe businesses take the place of once flowering establishments. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice is bouncing on itself, and I’m sure she’s filling a glass of water in the bathroom for her poor sick mom. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the weight was already pulling a lump from the poor soil and soon it would fall. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But Henry, with whom, one evening when they were in bed together, Lenina had rather anxiously discussed her new lover, Henry had compared poor Bernard to a rhinoceros. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before today, if I told people I wanted to be a filmmaker, they thought I was insane and would suggest a career that was more “realistic” for a poor Latino kid like me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘She has every right to hurt me,’ the poor farmer said, ‘for I have been a mean, spiteful man.’ Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered how sweet Lemore had looked after her morning swims, with beads of water glistening on her naked skin, but the only maiden here was his poor Penny, the stunted little dwarf girl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Livingston figured instead that Edlefsen had merely created heavy ions from the atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen left inside the device by poor evacuation technique. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She hates that people might mistake me for another poor Mexican. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mam worries because it’s Sunday and the Dispensary for the poor is closed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Am I going to live any longer because you all read the newspaper and then ambush some poor old white man?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor were we permitted to lend books to other prisoners, which would have enabled our poorer colleagues to study. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

White rural communities that house prisons wind up with more people in state legislatures representing them, while poor communities of color lose representatives because it appears their population has declined. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His poor, mad, brooding eyes glared in the moonlight, shone against the persecuted darkness of his scowling brow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She regarded female Scholars with a proper Jordan disdain: there were such people, but, poor things, they could never be taken more seriously than animals dressed up and acting a play. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Very often she was unmarried or in her teens or poor, and sometimes all three. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I thought of poor Mr. Freeman, and the guilt which lined my heart, even after all those years, was a nagging passenger in my mind. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Professor Ross Miller notes in his book American Apocalypse: The Great Fire and the Myth of Chicago: “Subsequent ‘antifire’ legislation disproportionately penalized the working poor who owned their own wooden homes. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Some of them are pretty poor shots,” he said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But your honor will not deny me this one and only poor privilege of protest against this high-handed outrage upon my citizen’s rights,” Anthony responded. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The poor Earthworm began to quiver all over with fright. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then Matt lands a smack on that poor dog’s head. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And in Wisconsin, more than eleven thousand poor people go to court without representation every year because anyone who earns more than $3,000 per year is considered able to afford a lawyer. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Let the poor kid sleep. There’s nothing anybody can do about it now.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I believe that preschool education is vital for indigenous children in poor communities. Many children don’t even have access to books in their homes.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitti ordered Poppy to give money to the poor before she died and more money to the grave digger and the women who washed her body. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“People use it against me. Either I’m poor Starr who saw her friend get killed in a drive-by, or Starr the charity case who lives in the ghetto. That’s how the teachers act.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

More of them feel that the rich have too much power and that there is “a lot” of tension between rich and poor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

"What do you know, honest Josie-Jo on the Supreme Court. She was a smart kid, too, but she never once beat me at chess. Tell me about the others, Turtle. How's poor, saintly Crow?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took food to the sick and poor, no matter if they were parishioners or their Catholic neighbors. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

That afternoon we were scheduled to play the winning team of another neighborhood league, a team with a reputation for wild, offensive slugging and poor fielding. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

My poor guest will be joggled to bits after slamming into the ground like that, Werfel fretted. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The poor dear was evidently terrified at something—very greatly terrified; I do believe that if he had not had me to lean on and to support him he would have sunk down. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Sallie Moffat renewed her friendship, was always running out for a dish of gossip at the little house, or inviting ‘that poor dear’ to come in and spend the day at the big house. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could hear the poor girl’s teeth ratding, Hakim, she was shivering so hard.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

People charged with drug offenses, though, are disproportionately poor people of color. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Loki son of Laufey,” said Odin, “this is the result of your poor counsel.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When pheasants received dieldrin in their diets, “egg production was markedly lowered and chick survival was poor.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For in the entire kingdom of England there could have been no poorer Christian souls than my mother and I. I had few friends and none I completely trusted. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, it did not tax the rich but only the poor, and then often arbitrarily. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I met again the poor girl I had tormented. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The modern town of Tiwanaku is a poor place and few of its buildings have any heating. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The conservative Christian political movement seldom developed in poor, rural Bible Belt towns. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

As of this writing, today’s disparity between rich and poor is as wide as the divide between Swift and his laborers one hundred years ago. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Emma was in the yard “looking at my poor darling’s little garden to find a flower of hers” when the messenger drove up. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not really care for any of the things of mere earth; he was in the clouds and looked down on all the weaknesses and wants of us poor mortals. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Of course, this is just a poor preacher’s opinion,” he said in a shaky voice. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t get me wrong, I’m terribly upset about what’s happened to poor, good-hearted Mr. M., but there’s not much room for him in my diary. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of place where the poorest of students lived, where the differences in housekeeping between the halls and the rooms were as dramatic as the occupants could manage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong thought about the poor people he'd seen agonizing over buying Violet orbs at the Light Market. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Even if poor, the men were decent, worthy of respect, accomplished in the manly arts of riding and pistol shooting, but not reckless with either animals or firearms. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A client's life often depends on his lawyer's ability to create a mitigation narrative that contextualizes his poor decisions or violent behavior. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I dare say he is better out of it, poor dear.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light was poor but Toomer interpreted the gaits of the other three men and could tell the gauge of each shotgun as they passed between the hives. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It sounds funny,” I said, “but that poor old man, he reminds me of ... I mean, there’s this girl I used to know. I took her to the movies once. My first date.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Dad wasn’t planning to move us to Russia because they were poorer than we were. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“These two white people who rescued the poor brown kid?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Lateness is a symptom of poor planning and all that. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It’s kind of hard. Not the words. But, you know, what it’s about. I guess Mexicans aren’t the only poor people in the world.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Clearly this was not the same poor village he had come to before, where only that one girl purchased a fish. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Satisfying needs is the burden of the poor. The wealthy and powerful can afford to indulge their wants and whims. If you pass on this opportunity, you will always wonder what you missed.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Twenty dollars poorer, we headed back to the theater, Connor’s and Zion’s arms stuffed full of treats. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Although many poor African Americans rejected the philosophies, tactics, and strategies of the black elite, ultimately moral uplift ideology became the new common sense. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Four long days trapped with Gran and Viper, separated from my poor sick Fig. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The poor boy has an even greater need for tenderness than I do. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I stepped into Rocinante to bring out my poor mite of garbage for the oil drum, two empty cans; I had eaten from one and Charley from the other. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and poor old Edgar Derby were pushing an empty two-wheeled cart down a dirt lane between empty pens for animals. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His lady, too, is well loved for her goodness to the poor.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

My work with the poor and the incarcerated has persuaded me that the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the view of these black elites, a “poverty complex” plagued the black poor, one that made them politically apathetic and content with broken-down, overcrowded, and dirty living conditions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, my first and only baby. He died just a few days after he was born, the poor tiny thing,” she sighed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I suppose an entire wall of great accomplishments would be a fine cage for another poor tortoise!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The poor can’t send out for more because there’s no money to send out for more and if there was they wouldn’t have a maid to send. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It created jobs, it clothed the poor, and it established the World Code. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Unrequited lovers were told how to win over indifferent hearts, and the poor left with foolproof tips on how to place their money at the dog track. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s put together a package for that poor family.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was a stranger who had appeared out of nowhere and wouldn’t say where she’d been, a girl stranger taking advantage of those “poor motherless boys.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Carla and I always made fun of this awful lamp that one of our aunts with poor taste once gave them. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“No, poor dear; I never thought of it.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The strange thing is, after playing this poor fool farmer for a while I can’t help but feel sorry for him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uneducated and barely able to speak English, he was terribly poor, and the family was on public assistance much of the time. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was rich and poor, white and colored, us and them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I hadn’t gone to Whitby, perhaps poor dear Lucy would be with us now. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

We were so poor my mother took three quarters of my paycheck every week to supplement the family income. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Havana was his comeback in the world spotlight, and a poor showing would only have deepened Bobby’s disillusionment with himself, probably permanently. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He said, too, that he was ashamed for stealing rice and clothing from poor North Koreans during his flight out of the country. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I thought that if you were poor you were skinny. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I know it ain’t fair to be mad at my dad because we’re poor, so I go, “Ready for some lunch? Today is grilled cheese day.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Japanese government propaganda frightened those poor people so much that they didn’t allow themselves to be captured. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s nuts. Imperfect skin is a sign of a poor immune system.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The idea of what it means to be poor changed in the late sixties, when American manufacturers began to import their products from overseas and we began to accumulate “things.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

They kept saying I was poor and trying to give me stuff, Maria says. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh that we had known it before!” he said, “for then we might have reached him in time to save poor Lucy. However, ‘the milk that is spilt cries not out afterwards,’ as you say. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You still look very pale—and so thin! Poor child!—poor girl!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They pointed out that the poorest patients tended to fare worst, in part because of malnutrition. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s the same thing. Your poor mom. Geez. Why does he think he has any right to tell her how to deal with her period?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And because his attitude was poor, their attitude toward him was also poor, until, as time went on, his patients began seeking other, more modern remedies from other, more modern healers. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Already that child seems much younger, poorer, farther away, a shrunken, ignorant version of myself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Students come in from every corner of the city: Rich kids from the shore sit next to poor kids from the projects . . . there’s every race, religion, and culture within the confines of the quad. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The grandparents were surprisingly youthful, or perhaps they had had easier lives than poor Ambuya. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for some reason all I can think of is old Cray, salivating over some poor, starving young woman. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that Uncle was teasing, but he felt so tired—tired of worrying about his family, tired of thinking about poor Marial, tired of walking and not knowing where they were going. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Mrs. Dodds was sure poor little Nancy was okay, promising to get her a new shirt at the museum gift shop, etc., etc., The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“We might be poor. But Ma didn’t go back to Jamaica. Sabeen’s family is richer. But they didn’t go back to Turkey.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

It must have been indeed a terrible shock to the nerves, and already the poor lady was upset by the journey and leaving her daughter. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the relative wealth of Midtown Manhattan, my section of Brooklyn feels even poorer. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Percy was trying to join up with Galahad, according to instructions, and Galahad had ridden off, so the poor old fellow just went running after him shouting out, I say!’ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the poor chap finds it as difficult to live backward as you do.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two dollars she hated to release turned out to be well spent, for Teapot did have a fracture, although the doctor said poor diet had contributed substantially to the daintiness of his bones. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

With its silvery green binding it looked plain, a poor thing among all the other grand and lordly volumes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

On January 15, 1872, they staged a nighttime march to voice their anger over laws they felt were designed to penalize a single class, namely the poor. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t be too trusting. The world’s not always a kind place for two poor girls like you.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Bodies closed in around her, stum-bling and pushing, trampling on the poor butcher. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

According to historian Joel Williamson, the idea that a particularly cruel racism was somehow unique to poor white farmers and laborers was an upper-class myth. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

"You all know that when we were first married, we were really really poor?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Where did my poor blind girl go begging last night?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

White, working-class kids are as invisible in media and politics as the poorest toddlers in the worst slums. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is not our omniboos,” said the Professor, waving the loaded vehicle away, and stopping to pick up the poor little flowers. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leave out that I used to be one of those poor indigenous children. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

News of the event not only outraged Durham blacks but bound them together—rich and poor, light-skinned and dark. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently this poor creature had been mucking around on the bottom of Long Island Sound and had somehow gotten itself tangled in the net of this sunken fishing boat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Readers of The Times in London were told that what was otherwise an “imposing ceremony” was “rendered ludicrous by some of the luckless sallies of that poor President Lincoln.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

They are too poor even to rise with the society, too impoverished by the ages to be able to ascend by using their own resources. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

What interested me was the fact that she wasn’t poor. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly a much better set of options could be provided to African Americans—and poor people of all colors—today. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"I need to start back to the castle. If you do not come with me, I may lose my way for grief, and all the islands would be poorer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“So your suggestion is that we throw some poor kid to the wolves so the rest of us can escape? This is your brilliant suggestion?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I guess poor guys don’t get kissed on the lips. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jorge had one blind askew eye and poor vision in the other, he was bald, limping noticeably, haggard and frail and crotchety. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare into space and picture those poor students still stuck up there in room 230, learning about triangles. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Condemning “welfare queens” and criminal “predators,” he rode into office with the strong support of disaffected whites—poor and working-class whites who felt betrayed by the Democratic Party’s embrace of the civil rights agenda. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Not poor, but po’, as in skinny, which I’m not. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Not much! flies are poor things, after all!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The child of poor Polish immigrants, she had been ambitious, worked days in a sweatshop and gone to school at night. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thundering toads,” Jennet would say, “I am but a poor woman with this wretched inn and a blind man to care for. I am sure God does not begrudge me my little economies.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of the answer is that actual humans experience a little more “friction” than marbles do, and the poorer they are, the more constrained their mobility usually is. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still angry that my father seemed careless of me, and I was ashamed of our family’s poor estate. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Too many poor harvests had sent them back East. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a poor excuse for what I’m doing, but it’s still true.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Here I was, a girl who had spoken to cameras from around the world—but my poor injured brain couldn’t come up with the words for the one person I loved more than anyone else. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I do hope you find the poor lost lambs. Such a tragedy.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As middle- and upper-class young men were much more likely to get a deferment from the draft, King noted how the draft ended up unfairly targeting the poor—white and black alike. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But we also have many millions of desperately poor people here. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Blind flying” is what early aviators called air navigation using instruments in poor visibility. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Then Striker turned back to the other pig and stabbed him again with long deep thrusts in the chest area. —jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast, 1981 Lo, the poor guard! Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would totally rock but poor Obama would certainly lose the independent vote, even the undecided Democrat vote. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There is an additional cause in that poor old Mr. Swales was found dead this morning on our seat, his neck being broken. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

How come schools with black and brown kids are mostly poor? Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Will you help this poor family, will you help my friends?” he asked. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think the climax of the book will be the execution of poor old Edgar Derby,” I said. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, Twig tried to crash some poor kid’s birthday bowling party by saying we were Russian orphans. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Because my poor artichoke of a father doesn’t have a chance. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Basta, let go of that poor fairy!” he called to his old enemy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

By and large, of course, poor and working-class blacks merely wanted what whites wanted: decent housing, available only in “white neighborhoods.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But a poor man—what need had he for poetry or for painting or for music not fit for singing or dancing? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girls ran around, taunting the poor woman. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon descended on him, roaring, and all at once the poor beast was aflame, yet somehow he kept on running, screaming with every step, until Drogon landed on him and broke his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The “free world” became perilous for deinstitutionalized poor people suffering from mental disabilities. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Pity, though. I would have thought clothing the poor in taste would have been a fine corporal work of mercy.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She told us how the girl didn’t have a mama, poor thing, and also didn’t know how to do her wash. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the by, the poor Weed still sends updates. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The poor man had no wind left in his sails at all. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Yet what could they do but stare helplessly at the poor girl? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How could you use a poor maiden so?” the boy finishes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a poor meal, even with all the paper they couldn’t help eating as well. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The poor fellow had never been cut out to be a villain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bundled thickly in his furs, Tyrion Lannister pulled on his gloves and nodded to the poor frozen wretches standing sentry outside the Commander's Keep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I had never been to LA, but knew that movie stars lived there as well as poor people. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I fail to understand,” said Father, who understands everything, “why you would have a poor dumb creature condemn us all to eternal suffering.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of the girls had ever heard of a poor working boy with three names. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is too much house for my poor bones.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She answered volubly and eagerly, “And why not, indeed? So have all men who have prospered. It is only the poor man who must needs drink from one cup.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Billy and Lazzaro and poor old Edgar Derby crossed the prison yard to the theater now. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You poor lost soul,” the Head Sister said. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“And look at your poor arms,” she said. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t, in good conscience, just stand by and watch Rishi’s talent wither away like some poor plant in a dark basement. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Our family was never going to be house poor, because we weren’t going to own a house. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Like Buck Duke, Spaulding invested heavily in advertising, playing on the very real fears of poor blacks that their deaths would cause financial hardship for their families. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about poor Spaghetti not being able to eat. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh Lord, that poor lady. I tell you, boys. Every day we should thank the Lord for our blessings, you hear me?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

‘But I’d like to know what became of that poor pony. He’s been on my mind many a time, and the wolves howling and all.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The mestizos called us longos, stupid Indians, dirty Indians, poor Indians. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So the poor knight is to be left sticking in the hedge, is he?” asked Mr. Brooke, still watching the river, and playing with the wild rose in his buttonhole. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to sit on a cushion, because otherwise my poor backside really takes a beating. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Insofar as the poor have to work near the dwellings of the rich—as in the case of so many service and retail jobs—they are stuck with lengthy commutes or dauntingly expensive housing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not like the plastic vomit playgrounds the poor kids have to play on these days. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

To anyone who met him, he appeared to be just another poor soul crushed by the din and filth of Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

With the exception of the poor soul still working on Lucinda’s banner, all the black men slip through the canvas and out of sight. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“We’re supposed to care for the poor. But you overdo it, Kit.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

This time, a crowd of people start shooing the poor dog away from the beach, gesturing angrily with their hands. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for her to say something like Tm so sorry’ or ‘you poor baby’ or ‘oh sweetie’...but she didn’t. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Still, I reason, this sudden removal to an unknown state is not all that different from the kinds of dislocations that routinely segment the lives of the truly poor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell from their clothes—torn shirts and trousers, mismatched shoes filled with holes—that almost all of them are from the poor sectors near the lake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It’s a wonder it isn’t bludgeoning the poor guy to death. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Though not dominated by martinets like my teacher, early mathematics education is generally poor. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Madam Mina, our poor, dear Madam Mina is changing.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I did not realise. You have lived like us, the poor.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Flom, he grew up poor, the child of struggling Jewish immigrants. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

As Simon thought this, he turned to the poor broken thing that sat stinking by his side. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I trail long behind them on the street I don’t have nothing to offer and I feels poor. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, for the years between 1820 and 1945, he collected data on the hundreds of wars that had been fought on our poor planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Chicago, city officials did nothing to soften the idea that the fire was caused by the city’s poor. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were poor and living in the farthest corners of the Bronx. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“No, it isn’t morning yet. You must go to bed, and not trouble poor Mamma. Then you can have the little cake with sugar on it.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We go to bed ourselves and like poor Dr. Jekyll we wake up changed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew what his circumstances were, knew how marginal his existence was, how poor his prospects. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"I can't do anything—not now. My poor nerves! No: we must just lie still a bit and then go back." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I wept heartily over this poor little deceased soul. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I try to make up for my poor practice and soon my lungs are aflame and my legs are screaming, threatening to quit on me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She certainly wouldn’t have given me that “Oh, you poor motherless girl” pity look. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they cast off toward Castello, the poorest part of Venice, but not before giving a promise to get in touch as soon as they were settled. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

"He would have made you a poor envoy then." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I start to tell her she needs to just get up, put on her tacky clothes, and forget about it, but the way she’s laying there so pitiful and poor, I keep quiet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The poor and slovenly people of De Koven Street — specifically Mrs. O’Leary and her cow — were the cause of the fire and the destruction of Chicago. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The reaping system is unfair, with the poor getting the worst of it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I think he expected me to agree wholeheartedly about the suffering of the Haitian poor and the injustices of the world, but I couldn’t always summon the same anger he felt. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And there stood the poor lady against a moon as bright as the sun. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

One barrier facing potential voters was the poll tax, a special tax required of all voters that many blacks and poor whites could not afford to pay. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if that was the difference between white and colored or how the rich and the poor lived. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor guy would call and call, and one of us would finally break the news to him that Mommy wasn’t interested. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a poor nomadic kid, still very traditional in my outlook and my way of life. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the mini chains are attached to bigger chains, as poor Michael scrambles around, desperately trying to keep up with the count. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The sight of her poor body...like this, exposed to them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Now she seemed to have on the Professor’s mental or moral spectacles also, for the faults of these poor stories glared at her dreadfully and filled her with dismay. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sliver of palm fiber off the torch handle made a poor enough engraving tool, but it was all he had. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I was a poor kid raising money for other poor people. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thought suddenly of poor Willie and decided to send him a quart of whiskey sometime soon. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There’s a little bit poor, more poor, then poorer than poor. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I am already poor, having lost everything I treasure, and no longer pure. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

What is the poor worm doing shut up in a drawer? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Mary wants to give the doll to some poor little girl in the audience who is named Mary.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a poor, sad man. He doesn’t feel good. We mustn’t stare.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They’d need to fight the invisibility that comes with being poor, female, and of color. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“What can I do?” my father asked, trying to console the poor man. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a queer smile about Mr. Brooke’s mouth as he opened at poor Mary’s lament. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

People always lecture the poor: “Take responsibility for yourself! Make something of yourself!” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When Halliday had first started programming, the poor kid hadn’t even had access to a floppy disk drive. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The one poor pipe of water pumped up from deep near the house was the only source; sometimes it got dangerously low, and twice it went dry. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And these were poor folks too, but they were so proud of us that they didn’t mind doing without some things so’s we could have the bell. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When he discussed the interconnectedness of the rich and poor parts of the world, the dam was his favorite metaphor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

"Your poor mother, she must be so worried!" Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had finished the eighth grade in the poor southern state of Guerrero and saw nothing in his future there but fixing flat tires. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Africans might be poor, but we know how to swat flies. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The last things the poor monster saw were Mrs. O’Leary’s teeth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Jonathan wondered if he was as poor a man as he appeared. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even the poorest of the poor don’t go out on Christmas Day picking coal off the road. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s retired now, good for him to have something to do. But I couldn’t leave poor old Ripper. He pines if he’s away from me.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Every day, I feel lucky it doesn’t occur to the other students that I might be from a poor indigenous family. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He has no business being here today. What does he want to do? Ruin that poor girl’s day?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

These materials were much more expensive than wood, and cost more to put up, and, thus, were beyond the means of poorer citizens. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of course she could retire to Florida, she said, but what would poor Mr. Schultz do without her? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

You see, those poor dead creatures returned to the earth, their bodies nourished the soil, and they helped create the most dazzling spring bloom the island had ever known. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Officials insisted that they give one, so they cited poor track condition. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Coach Dub, Reggie believed he could be more than just a poor boy from the South. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mama says that was the poor woman’s bad luck, because now she has got to go right on tending after her husband and her seven or eight children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure. Like fireflies. I’ll tell them, sir. Some of the poor fools are scared.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had originally wanted to be a teacher, he told me, but his parents were too poor to send him to college. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered my grandfather’s compassionate heart for the poor—how he reached out to them and in Christ’s name met their needs—both spiritual and financial. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And Susie is proving to be a handful for her poor grandparents. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Right from the beginning, he was a poor, scrawny little blighter, always weeping during his first week in the dormitory because he wasn’t at home with his mommy and daddy anymore. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Like his brother John and Dr. King, Bobby had reached out to the poor and disenfranchised—especially inner-city, impoverished blacks. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor, poor boy! It might well have been Sir Lancelot He is known to have been killed by a boar last Christmas.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world of Packingtown was tough and poor, a collection of shanties and shops in the shadow of the Yard. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Yes, Francie was the fastest reader in the Bureau—and the poorest paid. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for countless poor people—particularly racial minorities who disproportionately rely on public assistance—that possibility looms large. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Where the poor are fed free of charge,” he explained. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m not good enough for you now. I’m just another poor kid. You think I haven’t seen the difference in your father?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here was he promising a woman to a poor man, and once he had been a poor man come into these very courts for his woman. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was a street in one of the poorer quarters, where there was an open market which was generally crowded and noisy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“My poor dear Harriet! and have you actually found happiness in treasuring up these things?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Many critics argued that such evidence would ultimately disempower poor victims, victims who were racial minorities, and family members who didn't have the resources to advocate for their deceased loved ones. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The gunman’s gun is pointed at the nose of some poor girl behind the counter. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I felt my red skin was going to scald plumb off, and then I’d look just like that poor antelope. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every stroke of the quill leaves me a little poorer... or would, if I were not a beggar to begin with. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Probably for the same reason you are. The result of poor hygiene on a starving body at the end of its tether.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He leapt to his feet and trotted back to the pool, just as Maurice did a rather poor dive. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She’d take a block of paper and a stick of charcoal and sketch the poorest, meanest kid in the room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many regarded the Sihanouk government as corrupt and self-serving, where the poor got poorer and the rich became richer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The criminalization of infant mortality and the persecution of poor women whose children die have taken on new dimensions in twenty-first-century America, as prisons across the country began to bear witness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It didn’t help that he continued to feel like everyone’s poor cousin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She’d have to start thinking of ways to make being the “poor girl” part of her charm and appeal. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Who is our final visitor? This poor, lumpy abomination? Could it be?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The paternalism that governed relations between white planters and slaves in the Old South was extended in the New South to include poor white factory workers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Different men, different methods. Docile men make very poor soldiers.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crackdown inspired by the War on Drugs has resulted in unprecedented punitiveness, as housing officials began exercising their discretion to deny poor people access to public housing for virtually any crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The ice cream melted quickly, and Mamita said, “My poor little son. Look how thirsty he was.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You never want to end up house poor,” he’d tell us, explaining how some people handed over their savings and borrowed too much, ending up with a nice home but no freedom at all. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"But not that poor. And we won't always be this way, either." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The enduring racial isolation of the ghetto poor has made them uniquely vulnerable in the War on Drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The treaty forced Germany to take all the blame for starting the war and to pay high reparations that made Germany poor. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was because the land around the village was hard and poor. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Being poor, you’ve sometimes got to ask for stuff—food, toothpaste, even soap. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

When they say “urban” it means black and poor and possibly dangerous and potentially exciting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“My poor friend,” Vincent writes to him, “our neurosis &c. surely also comes from our rather too artistic way of life—but it’s also a fatal inheritance.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Smoke was pouring out the open door like a writhing black snake, and she could hear the screams of the poor animals inside, don-keys and horses and men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The piggy? Oh, terrible hunger pinches! Gurgi cannot remember. Was there a piggy? Gurgi is fainting and falling into the bushes, his poor, tender head is full of air from his empty belly.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Wits like Penelope’s never were before, but this time—well, she made poor use of them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop for a quick visit with Spaghetti, the poor mutant llama—Spaghetti, who understands how it feels to be ostracized by the other kids. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry I ignored you both. It's just there are so many poor kids in this city. This country. This world. You have to look away. You understand, don't you?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I have tried copying my father's bows with poor results. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The few poor rabbis are stretched for time. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trina Garnett was the youngest of twelve children living in the poorest section of Chester, Pennsylvania, a financially distressed municipality outside of Philadelphia. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That the poorer areas of Philadelphia—those mean, narrow alleys with their run-down, airless houses—had suffered the worst did not escape attention. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

These poor people are being shipped off to filthy slaughterhouses like a herd of sick and neglected cattle. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was hard to imagine her as a poor girl like Mabel Hatch, but perhaps even his mother had felt like she was born into the wrong family. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The deer will suffer, too, and the land will be poorer for the destruction of the wild things that belong to it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Yes, an orphan, poor thing. One of our farmers found her, wrapped in blankets near the crossroads at the base of the mountain." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She bristles whenever she runs into any hint of class bias, or the presumption that poor people in homes heated by kerosene or without enough bedrooms cannot be good parents. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The poor fellow was quite broken down; now and again he gave a low groan which he could not suppress—he was thinking of his wife. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The poor woman chattered on, reluctant apparently to lose the spotlight. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan had been disqualified and severely reprimanded for his poor sportsmanship. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Father stared at the trees, giving no indication he’d heard his poor frightened wife, or any of this news. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drove over to the new house where Magdalena was working and took the poor, screaming child away. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few calls confirm my impression that winter housing for the poor consists of motel rooms that the more affluent fill up in the summer. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Werfel pitied the poor elf, who was looking so out of place. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Then she started on Frank, poor shy faithful Frank. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I always thought my cousin, that poor spinster girl, was writing them.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not that my uncle’s house in Ningpo had been poor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t bother. Hell, it wouldn’t be fair. You against that poor little puny thing.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Not only do I tend to the complaints of the nuns, but country people and villagers pay for my services, and the poorest are granted them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I know you’re not, poor darling. But I have to have money.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Given this formidable array of bad luck, poor timing, and the highly focused political strategy of his Republican enemies, Adams actually did surprisingly well when all the votes were counted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Despite the poor light, Thomas realized who it was immediately. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So she gave the doll to that poor little girl who is named Mary, too.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are delicious smells in the room, cabbage, potatoes, and the pig’s head, but when Dad lifts the head from the pot to a plate Malachy says, Oh, the poor pig. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The rice gathered now would see the poor through the winter months when no wild food grew. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Majestic as she was, the poor creature’s skin looked too pale and sickly. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I also tell her I feel guilty driving the Cadillac what with all those poor starving babies in Africa and I’ve decided to take the old truck today. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Instead it serves only to warehouse poor black and brown people for increasingly lengthy periods of time, often until old age. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Tactics that would be political suicide in an upscale white suburb are not even newsworthy in poor black and brown communities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Into the restaurant they’ll run screaming, the poor fox running for his life but the monkeys all too easily diverted by the sight of some fresh fruit. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole time, I’m trying to guess where and exactly how he died and, more to the point, realizing that poor old Milla’s been without him for sixty years. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The poor creatures perched on the bottom barely moving, obviously pining away for flight. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went on, “To answer your question, no, I wouldn’t say we’re poor. Would you?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the two nations that control access to the peak—Nepal and China—are staggeringly poor. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

We herded the cattle into pens, and untied the poor hogs and turned them loose in the hog pens, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Er...er...it was a poor mending job on the fence, sir. Don’t worry—I’ve sacked that worker already.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Mazen, for skies' sake.'' Sana sounds aghast. “Look at the poor girl—'' “Yes.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You poor children,” she said, “does your father beat you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s been in and out of our station since he was twelve, the poor brat. Looks like he finally got what was coming to him and pickpocketed the wrong man.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Malachy and Michael look shocked over the way I got the bread and lemonade but then Malachy says it was only what Robin Hood would have done, rob the rich and give to the poor. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Francie was a poor marble player and quickly lost her tickets. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of income inequality—the widening gap between rich and poor—large swaths of America that had once been solidly middle class no longer were. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

If my poor husband was alive and I told him what you did he’d say you struck a blow, Frank McCourt, struck a blow. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“No, no, boy. I’m talking about arcanists. Not some poor chill-charmer who works his way back and forth across caravan routes, trying to keep fresh meat from rotting.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Where the rich lead, the poor will follow, or try to. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pip,” said he, “we won’t talk about ‘poor dreams;’ you know more about such things than I, having much fresher experience of that kind. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘Tricks? Does she do tricks? Lieutenant Stranger has taught her a rigmarole about poor Nell Gwyn selling fruit at a theater. I don’t need to tell you how she carries on.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Grief has made you lose your senses. The shock has shattered your poor mind. No matter. We shall heal you, dear, as best we can. Guards!” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The social role of helping the poor and migrants belongs to politicians. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“So what’s first? Milk cows or slaughter some poor little pigs?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

What we had here was worse: a triple calamity fallen on the house of these poor parents. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two poor, ruffle-feathered mothers without a breath between them, bound to their stillborn future. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's your father when he was your age. We alerted the police in Chennai city. They're too busy to search for every poor child who goes missing, but it helped that we filed a report." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

His teacher instead sent all of the “poor kids” to play outside or to work in the garden. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She did not want to be taken for one of the poor relatives. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It was poor judgment. I got too swept up in my social life." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was done in memory of that poor sailor. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although we were the poorest family on Little Hobart Street, Mom and Dad never applied for welfare or food stamps, and they always refused charity. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The poor bird had been picturing all the fights —almost certainly picturing them quite wrong: nourishing a starved heart on secondhand accounts in secret: wondering whose token was in the place of honour today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first day of school, she had proudly told the class that she was the daughter of a poor peasant from Khost. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Old Phoebe tried on about twenty pairs, and each time the poor guy had to lace one shoe all the way up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Capital murder requires an intent to kill, and there was a persuasive argument that there was no intent to kill in this case and that poor health care had caused the victim's death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Wash away the poor firsts” said Auntie, practical now. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She darted off in another direction, for bears have poor eyesight and cannot track if they cannot smell. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although colorblind approaches to addressing the problems of poor people of color often seem pragmatic in the short run, in the long run they are counterproductive. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Frightful’s Mountain was a poor place to get airborne. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

"Oh you poor thing! What a beast he must be, to keep you waiting so!" said Victoria Forester. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The animals tried to smile at their poor friend. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The air and the earth were filled with malignant spirits who could not endure the happiness of mortals, especially of such as are poor. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Placing a bomb anywhere in Dothan, even in a poor section of town, posed a different kind of threat than “typical” domestic violence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You poor boy, all the time in the world and no way to spend it. Hasn’t Lorren let you back in yet?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“My boy, you may well be seeing the outcome of poor Hagrid’s trouble with the Ministry of Magic! Look closer.... Does the hippogriff appear to...have its head?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“His wife, poor ailing soul, done passed on, and he thinking about coming North.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Campbell could not disagree with Europeans’ condescending view of American science as a backwater rich in money and manpower but poor in theoretical understanding. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I know a very poor family I’d like to give it to.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, how could she give a contribution to some foreigner when she had her own poor baby sister to think of? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But all this might have been nothing if Wang Lung were still a poor man or if the water was not spread over his fields. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I may be a poor envoy, but I am a good mourner, gods save me. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The food is given to the poor—to us—when it has been blessed. There is a lot tonight,” she added. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I was happy to be back, I felt a sense of guilt at the sight of my mother living all alone in such poor circumstances. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they would have to deal with an angry army that was young, poor, militant, and mostly female. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The season would be a poor one, unless the water in the other rice beds had been lower. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The elite of Durham sneered openly at them whereas middle-class whites tried to put as much distance as possible between themselves and their poorer cousins. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We all know stories of poor families in which the next generation did much better,” said Gary Solon, a University of Michigan economist who is a leading mobility researcher. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But my poor sister is too scared to share in Susie’s disgust. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung withdrew more and more into his age and he lived much alone except for these two in his courts, his poor fool and Pear Blossom. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

A lifetime of hard work and poor habits, including chain-smoking, had worn her down and caused a serious heart condition that made breathing difficult. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As it was, the poor animals had to be given injections to treat animal sleeping sickness every few weeks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was a writer and a poet. She wrote a poem that is engraved on the Statue of Liberty that says, ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.’” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It takes many days for the teachers to get to our area, and the roads are in poor condition. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You took your boot to that poor dog.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I have read your letters to poor Lucy, and know how good you are and how your husband suffer; so I pray you, if it may be, enlighten him not, lest it may harm. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The Panthers on TV said they were in communities to protect poor black people from the powerful; to provide things like food, clothing, and medical help; and to fight racism. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For its poorest students, America doesn’t have a school problem. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Go on,” said Harker hoarsely; so he bowed his head and moistening his lips with his tongue, added: “except that the poor fellow is dead.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“He was just exhausted, he was depressed, he was just in very poor spirits.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“My poor Gareth! What a state you have got yourself in!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time is ended now, she thought, all that is gone and left behind, and that poor little lady, praying still, for me. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The growing number of mills and factories changed the landscape as well; towns and cities were expanding, as was the division between rich and poor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dude, what’d you do to that poor guy? I heard there was guts all over the bus.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t say my last name, because, in my old neighborhood, folks knew the Barneses were really poor. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Without Euclid, boys, mathematics would be a poor doddering thing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Wasting food is bad. Think of all the poor people in Harare.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The poor Englishman had traveled all this way, only to be told that he should repeat what he had already done so many times. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d been poor, but at least we always had something to eat. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She and Justin hid under a thick blanket in the back and they charged off, at dangerous velocity given the darkness and the uniformly poor quality of Tennessee roads. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

His request is not accepted, although he cites his poor health, and he serves until the end of the war. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Art tha’ but a shepherd boy, then?” he asked, seeing Robin’s poor clothes. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Only one child, poor Charlie Johnson, was ever thus abandoned, and not a single child was lost, although anxiety invested the closing moments of each day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed as though their brilliance must shine through his rags and someone cry out, “Now here is a poor man carrying an emperor’s treasure!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“You know I’m Socrates, and I’m a poor man, yes? So by your definition, I am less perfect than you because of how much our wallets hold?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Otherwise, your Grandpa will eat them all, and what will my poor Junie eat?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ron was making no effort to hide his bad mood, and Harry was starting to fear that Hermione too was disappointed by his poor leadership. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You poor kids!” panted the driver as he maneuvered between the buildings. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Besides that portion reserved for travelers there was an almonry overflowing with the poor of London, seeking food and clothing. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

You probably didn’t wake up this morning sensing that the world is poorer, but it is. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Losher’s redeemed the stale bread from the dealers and sold it at half price to the poor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've gutted that poor rover so much, it looks like I parked it in a bad part of town. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is it possible to start out poor, work hard, and become rich? Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Vast numbers of people are swept into the criminal justice system by the police, who conduct drug operations primarily in poor communities of color. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He would think I had changed my mind and didn’t want to be seen with a poor Mus­lim baker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ma says the ground level is undesirable because dirt gets into the house and nosy people are always peeking in, so of course only poor people live on the ground level. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were peddlers, who were like the tradesmen but poorer, that carried their goods on their backs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The sanctuary ironically became a poor refuge after the local health authorities undertook a campaign to wipe out the salt-marsh mosquitoes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The ranchers became so poor they could not afford to buy feed, and many cattle were just rounded up and shot to death so the stronger ones could have what little grass was left. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a horrible death for those poor, dear, naughty dogs. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget to wash your hands. And just look at those pajama bottoms. What did you do to your poor knee?” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“All a matter of routine. This poor conductor, he seems to have had a busy night—first waking you and then answering bells.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

They named the poor thing Seymour and said he was a baby dragon. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I was so happy, I didn’t see we were poor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My son, my greatest pride ... my poor May ...” He sounded so devastated I didn’t know what to say. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Conservatives could point to black support for highly punitive approaches to dealing with the problems of the urban poor as “proof” that race had nothing to do with their “law and order” agenda. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You’ll never be trapped like that poor amateur. You can see behind you like a bat. Hold the peasants back with one hand and kill the warrior with the other.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, there is a place in the world where the white people are poorer than the Indians. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How can a person find something like that funny? Messing with some poor man who’s just trying to take care of his team? If you find that funny, you’re not human.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to use a strong hand on these poor devils—that’s the only language they understand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without respect, what could the poor man do? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A poor farmer who tills the nuns’ field, his three hollow-eyed children, and a guest, a traveling scholar, round out the company. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I thought about those poor animals—were they going to be okay? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He liked to entice me into lies: “Gorgeous necktie,” he’d say, “that’s a Hermès, isn’t it?”—and then, when I assented, reach quickly across the lunch table and expose my poor tie’s humble lineage. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There were still so many poor and struggling people living on the East Side. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In all poor and congested city areas, the prowling sex fiend is a nightmarish horror that haunts parents. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were more like present-day privileged Western students trawling the developing world and writing blogs about how the world’s poorest people enabled them to broaden their horizons. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Then in quavering voices and trembling all over they begged their guests to pardon the poor refreshments they had offered. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A diet based on cereals is poor in minerals and vitamins, hard to digest, and really bad for your teeth and gums. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hungry wolf would always attack the fat reindeer, the poor man would rob the banker, the serf would make revolutions against the higher class, and the lack-penny nation would fight the rich. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Any more’n he likes you celebrating the troubles of others, be they rich or poor.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But it hadn’t been an unhappy place, even though they’d been poor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Strange hardships, I imagine—poor, emaciated, pallid wanderer!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And when the baldheaded proprietor would pass by, we black children, poor, half-starved, ignorant, victims of racial prejudice, would sing with a proud lilt: A rotten egg Never fries A cheating dog Never thrives. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sugar was the product of the slave and the addiction of the poor factory worker—the meeting place of the barbarism of overseers such as Thomas Thistlewood and the rigid new economy. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

We’ve got to get back to the point where we don’t stack poor people on top of each other. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wisest were just the poor and simple people. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Naw. I didn’t want to. Nobody but poor folks get happy in church.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to figure out who this poor kid is, listening to outdated audiotapes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The poor baby sat staring at us, then dropped his chicken bone and commenced squalling. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It is this kind of guidance that distinguishes middle-class children from children of working-class and poor families, according to sociologists who have studied how social class affects child-rearing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The pipe was at the bottom of a hill, and I would walk down there and huddle with other poor people from the neighborhood, collecting drips of water. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

All right, ma’am, says the sergeant’s wife, a bit of toast, then, and something for the children and your poor husband. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But she wasn’t going to let the poor little thing perish, either. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The child had bear too young to ride, poor thing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, he wouldn’t live shut up in a box. If he couldn’t get out he’d soon die. No, I should let the poor chap go—unless you want to eat him.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Won’t he shout when I tell him what those silly things say about us poor children?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

My gaze fixed on my poor uncle and I could not tear my glance away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What can be the matter with the fellow?” he wondered, and, shaking his head, decided that the story about the alcohol having been put into the poor chap’s blood-surrogate must be true. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The income of the middle fifth rose by just 17 percent, to $43,700, and the income of the poorest fifth rose only 9 percent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

A compassionate, humane approach to the problems of the urban poor must replace the punitive practices and policies that have multiplied the harms associated with poverty and racial oppression. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

From the tavern below a man improvised a ballad about “poor Mack Parker ... overcome with passion ... his body in the creek.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun slipped below the horizon, it was not only the day that died and the poor zebra, but my family as well. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you, some kind of hippie now? God, your poor mama must be so embarrassed of you.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Liberation theology meant that the Christian faith carried an obligation to promote social justice, and from its own resources the Church had a duty to help the poor wherever and whenever possible. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“You have a mighty poor idea of a joke,” she said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Aggie shook her head sadly, like she was thinking of all the poor little babies that didn’t make it just because they happened to come out the wrong color. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I am here so you can rest a little, you poor boy. That woman will start overworking you again once she returns from overseas, as if you are not somebody’s child.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Surely Forest would not entangle the poor woman yet. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

It grazed poor Chitchat, singeing the end of her tail, but she ignored the pain and scurried up to the safety of the canopy. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The glamour reminded Kaztauskis of how little he had: “I felt poor and my shoes got very bad.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone who lived on the hillside around them was poor, some poorer than they. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

In the last few days the poor beast had improved wonderfully; it already seemed fatter and stronger, and had begun to show an affection for its new masters, especially for Sam. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In a way, Rat said, poor Fossie expected it, or something like it, but that did not help much with the pain. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth May is all she cares about: poor Ruth May this and Ruth May that! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shouldn’t have been so ill-tempered with the poor man; it wasn’t Harrison’s fault that Okeoma felt he was condescending. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Can’t blame the poor car, I suppose, but don’t like to blame the stupid, well-meaning driver. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“But it doesn’t help the poor. They don’t need charity; they need justice.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many more mouths can my poor son feed?” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get us under way. Reynolds, you’re promoted now that poor Henry took the plunge.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I grew up very poor and so did my husband,” said Wanda Brown, the fifty-eight-year-old wife of a retired planner for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard who lives in Puyallup, Washington, near Tacoma. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“This is a respectable tavern, not the township poor farm.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a spirit in there—some poor enslaved thing that Wick had summoned for the sole purpose of doing Sierra harm. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Sheryl gives me a smile, but the kind she uses for poor, wounded animals at the Humane Society. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“You poor dear,” she sighed almost too quietly for me to hear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My heart bleed for that poor boy—that dear boy, so of the age of mine own boy had I been so blessed that he live, and with his hair and eyes the same. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

For Farmer, Cuba represented hope, proof that a poor country could achieve good public health. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Do you want to live free and poor and covered in flea welts? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Saw it all, I did. Saw what happened to those poor kids. Saw what he did and what they did and all the terrible fings that happened after that." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Most of our families were still poor because of the government livestock reduction of our sacred herds. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best people for tips are widows, Protestant ministers’ wives and the poor in general. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

If, at the end of a month, Ben still thought Loring was a poor teacher, then he, Mr. Dacus, would personally break Ben’s neck and kick him out of his school. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And best of all, they don’t seem to have much idea about the distinctions of mestizos and indigenas, or rich and poor—it’s as if we’re all just Ecuadorians to them. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They marched until dusk, then dug their holes, and that night Kiowa kept explaining how you had to be there, how fast it was, how the poor guy just dropped like so much concrete. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Enough already, Noah. This poor blond head’s about to explode.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Big old sweat spot I made on Benny’s poor dad. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“And the poor baby, which I cared for as if it were my own, is no longer what it was either.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“You want to end up walking the tracks like those poor bums out there? Now get on out there before you get yourself fired.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Let me dig this nonsense out, else I’ll be searching that poor child for evil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because they live far on the other side of my village and they are very poor, Pagdzin tulku. I only heard of my kinsman’s illness yesterday and I came at once to seek your advice.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Diphtheria, I believe it was, poor thing,” Mrs. Murphy adds. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He developed a love for poor people he could not have conceived if he had not been poor himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I was made to listen to George Orwell’s admission that, as a literate man, he would never be able to imagine what it is like to be one of the uneducated poor. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I noticed that people on TV who live in trailers are always poor. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Because of high rates of joblessness and incarceration among black men, marriage is not a viable option for many poor single mothers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I suppose it is one of the lessons that we poor women have to learn.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

‘You would have done better to come with us after all, poor old Fredegar!’ said Pippin, as they carried him out too weak to walk. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Most of the students were poor, and were dressed in every sort of particolored gown or tunic. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He was born in He grew up poor in the Bronx, near Yankee Stadium. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I pity that poor loser! His life isn’t worth a used Kleenex!” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a scandal, sending those poor kids out here on their own, expecting folks to take care of ’em—as if we don’t have our own burdens.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in there the poor old high school teacher, Edgar Derby, was caught with a teapot he had taken from the catacombs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor Pudge. Oh, poor poor Pudge. Do you want me to climb into bed with you and cuddle?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you help your poor old husband stay awake, honey?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to tell him how poor I am. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A lot of people in the state resented the fact that television reporters were flooding in and sending back reports about how ignorant, poor, and helpless everybody was in West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“In Haiti we are poor,” Ma said, “but we do not beg.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

O golden rings That tap against cheeks of small magnolia leaves, O whitest so soft parchment where My poor divorced lips have written excellent Stanzas of kisses, and will write no more. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You driving me crazy hanging around this house twenty-five hours a day. Get. Go chop down that poor mimosa tree you hate so much,” I say, because Mister Johnny never did chop that thing down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

For most of the country’s history, race was a fairly clear class marker—-black usually meant poor, and white middle class or better. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

You don’t see him roaming the streets kicking everything in sight till the toes hang out of his boots, oh, no, he’s a good boy, dancing for his poor mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They are poorer than Mexicans, and they are seen as backward and ignorant. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was poor Silky she was thinking of: His chestnut coat dulled with lack of care, burrs stuck in his forelock, he was distrustful of humans, and prone to bite, at least at first.... The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Though of course he is still so anxious, poor man.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

‘I is having early suppers today!’ he shouted, holding the poor squirming soldier at arm’s length and roaring with laughter. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I could not imagine her not supporting the candidate who wanted to aid the poor. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The mestizos treat them with more respect than the poor ones, which is not to say they’re friendly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, giving up on my poor eyesight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was in poor health and had to come with the assistance of his physician, who sat with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to the elder girl he said with great gentleness, “And you, my poor fool, come back to your place in the sun.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to suppress gas and kill the vermin in the stomach that made poor children hungry. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear about Edward Foster? They nearly lynched the poor old man simply because he said too many of our boys are dying in the war. And him a distinguished veteran.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

At the potlucks of poor people churches in Oklahoma, the BBQ is always good. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you want to fall on your knees and thank God in heaven for all the poor news reporting that goes on in the world. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were such people as he had known as a boy in the Northward Vale of Gont, though poorer even than those. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It contained his own notes on Spassky’s games, jotted in pencil, with comments and question marks designating poor moves, exclamation marks designating good ones. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And as for poor Nanny, she began to feel sick the moment she set foot on deck. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

One stated, “In developing countries, people with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis usually die, because effective treatment is often impossible in poor countries.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I am no one — a servant in a poor household. What could I give you?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regardless, the reality for poor blacks trapped in ghettos remains the same: they must live in a state of perpetual insecurity and fear. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But for some reason, things cost a whole lot more when you’re poor. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was a wrenching exposure of our country’s structural divides, most especially the intense, lopsided vulnerability of African Americans and poor people of all races when things got rough. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Sweetie, no, I’m sorry. That’s not what I—poor choice of words, okay? I just think maybe you and your mom and I should talk about this.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Beware the feral, washed-out, hare-lipped genes that sculpted the occasional unfathomable barbarisms of the poor white South. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my poor leg! That Mama Bellini can sure heave a magazine. Feel the bump, Harry,” he offered. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Every single one gets a little slap on the wrist and goes right back into society, like it’s all good. Black folks or poor folks get on drugs?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The wind from the thermos stirred up a nice sea spray that made a rainbow in the sunlight—perfect for an Iris- message—but our connection was still poor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm saw now that she didn’t mean it literally, but the poor old lady was easily startled, and now she sat down and breathed quickly, her face pale. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Knowing that the road was forbidden to him, because of his poor sight and habit of walking stolidly in the middle, he had found a short cut across the intervening fields. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I go and help carry the things to the poor little children?” asked Beth eagerly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even among poor whites, the collapse of slavery was a bitter pill. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Yes, Francine’s sister had been sent to Mobile, poor little girl. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Somehow he managed to draw his dagger, mdaht the poor creature's throat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then he gave the poor guy a lecture on black business and how we need to do better, while Cecil gave him a history lesson on James Brown and Ray Charles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He had planned it all perfectly, for his wife was asleep and would never know that he had lied to her as she lay on her sickbed in the poor ward of the county hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You poor, dear man. I’m so sorry, so very sorry.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And anyway, we’re not as poor as we used to be. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He knew that they had nothing; they were so poor that they were depending upon public charity to eat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Poaching some limelight off a poor dead black boy and the hand of the white man who put him there. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You oughta hear the whole story of that poor man’s life. You oughta hear what this sergeant at the precinct’s trying . . .” “Stop!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And none so poor,” he muttered to a reporter, echoing Julius Caesar, “to do me reverence.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My poor wife was there, in bed, with no clothes on. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who were too poor to own a pair of even rubber shoes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I magonu, you know, what I am saying is that our women who follow white men are a certain type, a poor family and the kind of bodies that white men like.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even if I hadn’t seen him do that to the poor old man, something about the way he grins and that eye patch makes him look like he’s been to the underworld and back. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

More so than the classes below and above them—the immobilized poor of old cities and rural backwaters, the factory-bound working class, and the old- and new-money rich—this is a fluid, unstable group. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Though his poor mother is distraught at his departure, you will have nothing more to fear from that madman.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A poor pastime, perhaps, and not a very intellectual one, but I breathe the air of England as I read, and can face this glittering sky with greater courage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Because there were few inns, the monasteries were open for the entertainment of wayfarers, rich and poor alike. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The acoustics in the Fairplex were so poor that none of us could understand a word of what the president was saying. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It would be a poor sort of immortality, however, because any personal concept of time for the astronaut would almost certainly come to an end as he was torn apart inside the black hole! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jonathan is in a stupor such as we know the Vampire can produce. We can do nothing with poor Madam Mina for a few moments till she recovers herself; I must wake him!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

We may have been the smallest, poorest district in Panem, but we know how to dance. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But one man said, “I wouldn’t go to no foreign country and shoot up poor people.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had walked into a poor, mountainous, and sparsely populated part of China’s Jilin Province. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The innkeeper, who was a choleric gnome of poor disposition, looked out of the door. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Landowners knew that if they sowed the same crop in the same field year after year, the harvest would be poor. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

His recommendation to the German government: if it wanted to do something about the epidemic, it needed to end the malnutrition, overcrowding, and poor hygiene. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The kestrel drape upon a mouse, and the poor mouse, transfixed with those needle talons, cries out in agony has one squeal of K-e-e-e! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Colvins lived in King Hill, a neighborhood that meant “poor” or “inferior” to most who didn’t live there. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Are you being nice to me because you think we’re poor? You guys don’t think we can afford a meal?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They think I’m one of the poor kids trying to say I used to be rich. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well, poor girl, there is peace for her at last. It is the end!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Meg didn’t like to be pitied and made to feel poor. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waves her hand, pushing me to scrutinize the poor girl. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Pray do, my dear Miss Lucas,” she added in a melancholy tone, “for nobody is on my side, nobody takes part with me. I am cruelly used, nobody feels for my poor nerves.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

These first owners lived in poor feudal settlements, and their cattle ranged freely and multiplied. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their claims of growing up poor were without merit in my mind. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This Rook is poor and hasn’t got any rich relations, has he?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vickie came from a poor white family, several of whose members were incarcerated; she enjoyed none of the status of Ronda Morrison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He pulls his cap down over his face and cries, My poor mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Many a time I had wished that my parents were workers in a textile mill and that we were poor. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the moment she had realized how much easier it was to walk away: what a poor trade it was to swap an entire family for a single sister. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You know, you’re as poor a liar as the doctor,” Clay told her as he ran his hand down her arm. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie also felt bad about those poor thirsty plants, so he started watering them, and plucking off the leaves that had died—tricks he’d learned from Grandma in the pea garden. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It made for a poor living area, but it was an awesome theater. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

All the poor lady’s papers were in order; explicit directions regarding the place of burial were given. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Many of the people in Shangla were very poor and did not have modern facilities, such as hospitals and markets, but our family always put on a huge feast for us when we arrived. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, the poor phone lets out a pitiful buzz, and the red location marker updates on my map. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It lay motionless and dark in front of the church, and despite the necessity of it all, I felt a pang of regret for killing the poor beast. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But few are as isolated and cut off as we are from the joys of nature, which can be shared by rich and poor alike. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was that adjective “poor” that struck them dumb. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, your poor hands. Have you burned yourself, sweet lady? The fingers are so delicate . . . Our good Maester Pycelle makes a marvelous salve, shall I send for a jar?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She wore it in the way that Ugwu imagined his mother would if she had the same wrapper: uncertainly, as if she did not believe that she was no longer poor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were lots of common little shops like grocery stores or poultry markets and wooden tenement houses, some four stories high, into which the poor demons crowded. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rick said, “I took a test, one question, and verified it; I’ve begun to empathize with androids, and look what that means. You said it this morning yourself. ‘Those poor andys.’ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In earlier chapters, we have seen that throughout our nation’s history, poor and working-class whites have been bought off by racial bribes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It is a useful lie. For you see that I, a poor, simple creature without reason, am harmless and hence safe from harm,” I explained. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The wine was poor stuff compared to the vintages from the Arbor the house normally served. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She hesitated for a moment and then continued, “I heard on the radio that Kennedy will help poor people.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Do you know the worst thing about being poor? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Spender watched, thinking: You poor man, what a night this is! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now get this trash and yourself out of the house before that poor girl starts worrying about what happened to you.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And when we saw the condition of poor Mingora, we were all in tears. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ben isn’t poor, but I still feel sad for him. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I grew up poor, but there’s poor and then there’s “Wait, I’m eating worms.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I am rich and poor, indigena and mestiza, and no one can put me in a box. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Groups of five prisoners were pressed into cells measuring nine feet by seven feet; the cells were filthy, with poor lighting and worse ventilation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Harriet, poor Harriet!”—Those were the words; in them lay the tormenting ideas which Emma could not get rid of, and which constituted the real misery of the business to her. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Because if you care much about riches, you will never go and marry a poor man,” said Jo, frowning at Laurie, who was mutely warning her to mind what she said. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Something’s wrong. I wonder if Mr. Robert’s friend was right, I wonder if he really did see Kenny in that church afterward. Lord, who knows what that poor baby saw.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I take it, Dr. Armstrong, that a woman would have been physically capable of striking the blow that killed poor Macarthur?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Many of the trucks were old and in poor shape. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

His victim was his ex-lover, but he claimed to have been falsely convicted—“because I just happen to be poor, black, and gay,” he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one spoke, and there were, for the moment, no divisions among them—rich or poor, outsider or native, scholar or secretary. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“The poor thing, she must be so depressed.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Brother Luke was busy all day caring for the sick and the poor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He didn’t flinch or growl at him, so he continued comforting the poor being. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This bombardment is too much for the poor devils, they have been sent straight from a recruiting-depot into a barrage that is enough to turn an old soldier’s hair grey. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's a poor hiding place, but I have no time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“They don’t think about other injustices. They hear about Malala and assume that’s what all of Pakistan is like. That it’s filled with poor people in villages, and terrorists who are going around shooting them.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He summoned the “Overseers and Guardians of the Poor,” the only official group then dealing with the poor of Philadelphia and surrounding areas. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He felt that he had to do something to regain his credibility with the Klan, with poor whites in general, and, most of all, with himself. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fisher excelled at math as a secondary school student, but his poor eyesight became a liability at Cambridge. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps I would be faithless, if the cup and the arm band had been poor. I am interested in goldsmiths, not orphans.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“The police located the old man, but his short-term memory is poor. He did give them money. He can’t remember how much.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like most of the other Chinese children who played in the back alleys of restaurants and curio shops, I didn’t think we were poor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That poor dog needs a wife like you need a husband.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know: I asked Aunt Reed once, and she said possibly I might have some poor, low relations called Eyre, but she knew nothing about them.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I was a college student, I had a job working as a musician in a black church in a poor section of West Philadelphia. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I had come for my own sake, my own poor personal pride. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The reasons, to be a little simplistic, are poor education, psychological blocks, and romantic misconceptions about the nature of mathematics. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor cat now showed the first signs of fear since leaving on his journey; he was alone, and the only way to rejoin his friends lay in swimming across the terrible stretch of water. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had slipped from Isildur’s hand and betrayed him; then when a chance came it caught poor Déagol, and he was murdered; and after that Gollum, and it had devoured him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And this is not an argument that affirmative action has made no difference in the lives of poor or working-class African Americans—as some have claimed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You only tease your poor grandmother when we are alone.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Irritably, settling down to make the best of a poor situation, they begin preparations for the laying of eggs and the taking care of the brood. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know all I need to know! You’re beating on some poor defenseless man!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A year in Vermont, according to an old saw, is “nine months of winter followed by three months of very poor sledding.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I knocked him on the head with a branch. And he was a much better man than poor old Agravaine, even if we have grown rheumaticky since those bright days.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened one eye, saw poor old Edgar Derby reading The Red Badge of Courage by candlelight. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor waitress asked for her autograph and everything, and probably still tells that story to customers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A group of poor folks thought we could get something done by talking it out. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Moved by the gown, by some strange memory of miniver and colour, the poor Wild Man had gone from the King’s table to the well. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was to me a painful meeting, for it brought back all poor dear Lucy’s hopes of only a few months ago. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Which is what those poor people had. The ones who lived on Penikese, in the hospital.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I lift my weapon, focusing on Miss Duncan and trying to decide if she is indeed a revenant instead of thinking about the deep burning in my poor scrawny arms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When he saw the patron, the poor man frantically rang the schoolhouse bell, which had been hung nearby in case they needed to sound an alarm, and quickly threw himself to the ground. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pietro Crespi gave her some confused explanations about the poor quality of modern pitch lamps and he even helped her install a more secure system of illumination for the room. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won’t matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I want to let these poor things go!” she said fiercely. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the links between the ground-down poor and the wasteful rich. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look,” said the Wart, “it is the poor swan with the deformed leg. It can only paddle with one leg, and the other tide of it is bundled.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin was shut away with El Patron, whose health was too poor to allow visits. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I can surround it with stone, just in case it slips the Iron Rod...reinforce it with great deeds...I will not be a poor mortal!" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing in bed, girl? You look healthy enough to jump up and give poor Mrs. Flagg here a hand!” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! So you’re borrowing money. Another poor practice to teach your son.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not even if you make her poor and try to kill her slowly in the little-by-little poison of sadness. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It is a poor way to keep the Table together,” said Agnes, “by fighting Sir Lancelot.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he walked back to his desk, I saw him shoot Henry a “poor you” look. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

In addition to unexplained deaths of infants parented by poor women, other kinds of “bad parenting” have also been criminalized. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Ah, sir, ask no more, ask no more of poor Dobby,” stammered the elf, his eyes huge in the dark. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The south bank of the Thames was like a poor reflection of the north bank, a sort of lesser London. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Manuel Bonilla taunted me, standing inches from my face and mimicking my poor speech as the rest of the class watched. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

As William Julius Wilson has noted, “As long as poor whites directed their hatred and frustration against the black competitor, the planters were relieved of class hostility directed against them.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Goldworking did not come easy to him, and it was obvious his poor results with the bowl had ruined his usual even disposition. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The likes of Eleanor Roosevelt declared we ought to come forth with aid and bring those poor children into the twentieth century. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It covered their poor house and bare land, and in its place, the stately manor and a glorious garden formed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

"It's a camp for kids whose parents can't afford to send them somewhere else. For poor kids." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

In the first quarter of 2000, the poorest 10 percent of workers were earning only 91 percent of what they earned in the distant era of Watergate and disco music. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

These facts, drug war defenders claim, make the decision to wage the drug war almost exclusively in poor communities of color an easy and logical choice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a poor job, unsteady, the patches of wood-filler showing through, and the varnish heavy and uneven. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The new building sparkling in the North Carolina spring sunshine was a source of pride throughout the black community, but it was a pride alloyed with cynicism for Durham’s poorest black citizens. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And poor, poor Arthur, to have lost such sweetness out of his life! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ten days later, the poor farmer noticed a strange white flower growing from her grave. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No; she was acquitted.—My poor Handel, I hurt you!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And you know what I feel when I see the poor little mite pushing that ladder around? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go. Muff started a roast for me, and Henry will expect dinner when he gets done making a man out of poor Beto.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were very poor people and they did not have a great deal to eat. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s your choice: Get rich helping me, or die poor.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You poor lost chicken, why didn’t you say so in the first place? Tell me, how is dear little Dallben?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Because the victims were black and poor, this wasn't the kind of case that would usually be prosecuted as a capital crime, but Herbert wasn't local. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

ALBUS: The poor orphan who went on to save us all. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

His eyes being poor, he determined to see not just as well as other people, but better than most. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The poor things brain is boiling from that hot water. Pull her down, dear!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They began whispering to each other that they weren’t poor and had better dolls home and better clothes than that girl, too, only they didn’t feel like wearing them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that both of them had come from poor families. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Of course his first impulse was to say that he was only poor Arsheesh the fisherman's son and that the foreign lord must have mistaken him for someone else. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

We were not unforward nor imprecise in our criticism of our officers, muttering that cowering timidity was but poor cover for past incompetence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The young doctor was soon famous for his willingness to help the poor and the untouchables. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“On festival days the poor came to our house to be fed,” Boori Ma said. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They might have called on teachers, might have demanded some kind of national literacy campaign for children of the poor—white and nonwhite—at the earliest levels of learning. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get back to the front yard and let that poor animal be.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He named some of the poor fools that had been taken by that crook. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew that a poor education would probably land me in a “Negro” job, that lower level of employment in which so many of the neighborhood men seemed to be hopelessly stuck. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Years later he told me how religious faith was so disdained at Harvard and so important to the poor—not just in Haiti but elsewhere—that he’d become convinced that faith must be something good. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Those students dominated the student newspaper, added another poor white student. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The poor fellow’s voice had grown sadder and sadder since the beginning of the conversation, and now he definitely began to snuffle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was growing up and he was probably already worrying about the road being a poor place for raising a young lady. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“This is not a poor nation,” I remind my sons till they hear it in their sleep. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father and mother were starving poor, and dreaded another mouth to feed. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Things are getting so expensive—even basics like flour cost so much that it’s hard for poor people to afford simple bread. May Allah have mercy on them.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe if she told them about the bear—about how close her family’d come to moving to the poor farm. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

To us, then, the world was a wheel, revolving with these great houses at the hub, their mighty decisions emanating out to all else, rich and poor, who revolved around them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up my screw gun and drive screws with my left hand, but the pressure is uneven, and with my weight gathered on one foot, my balance is poor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“A patroller is...was a white man, usually young, often poor, sometimes drunk. He was a member of a group of such men organized to keep the blacks in line.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could see he was not at ease, so I took his poor old wrinkled hand in mine and asked him to speak fully; so he said, leaving his hand in mine:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was all Shasta could do to prevent himself from shouting out similar instructions; but he thought, "The poor chap's doing all he can already," and held his tongue. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Why, pretty well, my dear, upon the whole. But poor Mrs. Bates had a bad cold about a month ago.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Then in the afternoon when Margot is stuck with cleaning all the pots and pans, Madame exclaims, “Oh, poor Margot, you have so much work to do!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Really well, I think. She hasn’t opened up yet about much, but at least she seems comfortable around me. I can’t imagine the terror that poor thing was going through after she was left behind.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The color would be a murky green, he knew, but the poor light made that impossible to confirm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The poor little thing had her thumb in her mouth. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you poor mother and her sick baby. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was appalled by children’s poor singing quality, and began to create teaching methods to improve it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Lower taxes and lower marginal tax rates are leading to more growth. There’s an explosion of wealth. We are so wealthy in a world that is profoundly poor.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s more important for you to continue what you’re doing. These poor kids need all the help they can get until things get better.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The poor had come lean and hungry out of the terrible winter that followed the World’s Fair,” wrote novelist Robert Herrick in The Web of Life. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“What can that poor child be up to? She told me she was not seeing him any more.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had no sense that we were poor or struggling, even though my father had to stop working as a housepainter during Denver’s long, cold winters. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Kennedy visited one poor family with many children and no heat. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they accepted other donations, such as warm clothing, and Tree-ear stayed alert on the chance that a monk would pass on such garments to the poor. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

My poor lover was tormented, forced into exile, given horrible tasks to prove her worth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It is the air, the rice, the wind, their relatives casually remark; they were not made to survive in a poor country, they say. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was built for the benefit of Baltimore’s poor. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Though poor and unable to read or write, they knew how to work hard, which was exactly what garment manufacturers in St. Louis wanted. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“Then you don’t care if his life is spoiled and his poor body rooted up and—oh, my God almighty!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moved with a strange excitement, I hurried back to my chamber and dressed in my costume of a poor madwoman. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She arrived last evening from one of her trips of mercy to God’s poor, bringing two men with her as far as New Castle. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She works six days a week but on Sundays gets up bright and early to take Mrs. Tsontakis to church—poor thing’s ninety-three and can barely walk. That’s Zoe. Always thinking of others.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Pooky moved in a little closer, holding his little rifle at the ready as if our poor old Auk was going to attack him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He terrorized the seas around the poor island, pillaging coastal cities and extorting others, attacking traders and supply ships bringing aid to a kingdom that hadn’t had a king in generations. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Daddy was wonderful, the way he made the words sound slow and tired as if the poor fox was ready to drop. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps his hair cut short, so there really is no protection for his poor neck. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He had a number of women friends who lived in the town of Eldoret, to the southeast of the mountain, where the people are poor and live in shacks made of boards and metal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

People who taught me that no accident of birth—not being black or relatively poor, being from Baltimore or the Bronx or fatherless—would ever define or limit me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Born in 1964 in the tiny farm town of Benjamin, Utah, the son of a plumber, Singleton was a nice kid but a poor student, shy, a follower, a practical joker. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was plagued by guilt for “selling out” the poor white community. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I only could have as strong a cause as my poor mad friend there—a good, unselfish cause to make me work—that would be indeed happiness. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

A white woman from a poor rural Alabama town, Marsha had never been to New York, but she was about to be honored at a dinner with two hundred guests. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The poor woman had lost her mind and soon afterward Trueba lost his patience, fed up with finding in his food the hairs she had torn from her head in her unending grief. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most often poor men who came to the New World to make their fortunes, the overseers had not the slightest sympathy for their enslaved workers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

A poor bicycle repairman just a few years before, Howard soon had hundreds of thousands of dollars for every penny he had brought to California. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vonetta got mad and said, “My uncle did not go to Vietnam and shoot up poor people.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

We looked again at our grandchild who was part of ourselves, and at the poor little waif who lay quietly now on the rag-heap, and we said farewell. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Southern whites—poor and rich alike—were utterly outraged by emancipation, there was no obvious solution to the dilemma they faced. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Could be anything—fire in the big top, stampede, whatever. Aw sweet Jesus. The poor rubes probably don’t even know it yet.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Heard you talking about poor Myrtle,” said Peeves, his eyes dancing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He learned Spanish words for food and pleasure, and he learned that when people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I roll my eyes, because he falls in love every hour on the hour with some poor new boy. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Her back was straight as a knife, her head held proud, poor girl. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” he said, “it’s a jolly good little car. Much faster than anything poor old Max ever has.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers how all of Germany was very poor and how Adolf Hitler promised to make everything better. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I knew what Aimee was going to say—that I hadn’t trained seriously enough in the weeks leading up to the US Secret Classic, and my exhaustion now was the result of poor preparation. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The guerillas claimed they had planted the bomb because the pharmacy represented only “crumbs for the poor”—a mere token of assistance when in fact more substantial changes were needed. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The poor wee lad was sitting on the stairs talking away to an angel. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

On his own time he was going up to see that poor Widow Reilly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, the class would suddenly erupt into a confusion of waving arms and jogging legs, unsettling poor Brother. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kermit liked to linger and talk the ear off of the poor person who answered the door. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is no secret that the gap between the rich and the poor has grown, but the extent to which the richest are leaving everyone else behind is not widely known. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I gave the poor Rosalie such a kick in the front fender that I made a dent in it with my wooden clog. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He would not let her touch them, and he insisted on apple-pie neatness, so the poor creature was obliged to vacuum, dust, and polish around them. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

By then, poor Nasser thought he'd been roped into an intricate con. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“They say his father was a fisherman. Maybe he was as poor as we are and would understand.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rice was harvested, and the poor were allowed to glean the fields for fallen grain-heads. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I know the Mother of God is the Virgin Mary and they call her that because she didn’t have a proper husband, only poor old St. Joseph. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A boy dressed like a poor orphan in one of Charles Dickens’s novels, carrying the letter “E.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They were selfish and lazy and cruel, and right from the beginning they started beating poor James for almost no reason at all. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The poor woman would probably be so flustered that she’d pass out. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

In fact, the city’s poorest neighborhoods had just been hit hard by the welfare cuts of the early 1990s. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, to be sure,” said Mr. Woodhouse—“yes, certainly—I cannot deny that Mrs. Weston, poor Mrs. Weston, does come and see us pretty often—but then—she is always obliged to go away again.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Rags and fleas—Tattered clothing and poor health conditions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I went to work filling a book order, annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in pretending to be poor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I tried not to think about how poor we were, but when we got off at Fourteenth Street and walked up the stairs, all the lights from the stores hit me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The scheme was to present a collection for poor kids in China, just so we could see their reaction to me standing there beside Jennifer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Each morning as he walks off to the chiefs house, Ma watches and whispers, “My poor little monkey, my poor little monkey.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So after all he’d been through, poor Pimpernel was killed by rabbits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Mr. Knightley, she is really very sorry to lose poor Miss Taylor, and I am sure she will miss her more than she thinks for.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She said, “Your poor ma. Your poor, poor ma.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The crowding, poor nutrition, and lack of hygiene made disease rampant; from typhus to scarlet fever, from malnutrition to psychosis, illness of some kind struck nearly every family. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Luther had never gotten over the death of poor little Sandy Graham, thrown from a horse Luther was to have ridden. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Infinity is a dreadfully poor place. They can never manage to make ends meet.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘This is poor fare,’ they said to the hobbits; ‘for we are lodging in the greenwood far from our halls. If ever you are our guests at home, we will treat you better.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Goldsmiths, jewelers, dressmakers, whatever she wanted I found for her, but it was never enough Bear Island is rich in bears and trees, and poor in aught else. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Constrained by its punishing climate, poor soil, and lack of protein, these scientists argue, large-scale societies have never existed—can never exist—in the river basin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My mother ran her hand through his hair and said, "My poor dear," and off they went to their bedroom for a nap before dinner. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The Mormonts of Bear Island were an old house, proud and honorable, but their lands were cold and distant and poor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The North Korean government has created new labor camps to hold traders and travelers too poor or too unlucky to bribe their way north. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

If blacks would be there, many poor white residents didn’t want to have any part of it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Say you are poor and starving as we were. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long before Jim decided that he wanted to make Farmer’s preferential option for the poor his own life’s work. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We flew first to Karachi, where Mama’s parents live, in a poor but bustling city. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Incurable, of course. You poor, wonderful man. You will be happier dead. Have you any last words?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many governments, agencies, and foundations base their policies, foreign aid, and loans on this explanation, by making the development of good institutions in poor countries their top priority. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

George Weston, after all, was only a man—poor thing—and his wife made full use of every device which a clumsier and more scrupulous sex has learned, with reason and futility, to fear. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

His health was poor, his body small and frail. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good Lord!’ says he, ‘Camilla, what can it signify so long as the poor bereaved little things are in black?’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

People seem to think that if Jesus could stop a lion from gobbling up a poor lame girl, he must be staying awake pretty good for the Christians—ha! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They probably would have been even more unhappy if they’d been poor,” I argued. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though most of the graves had been relocated, those of the very poor remained. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the South, municipalities maintained two parallel inefficient school systems, which gave the short end of the stick to the poorest whites as well as blacks. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They repeatedly raised the issue of welfare, subtly framing it as a contest between hardworking, blue-collar whites and poor blacks who refused to work. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s a good thing I am such a poor shot. I didn’t want to hurt him, just frighten him away!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did not consider ourselves poor or deprived, or depressed, for the rules of the outside world seemed meaningless to us as children. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who had, for reasons still unclear, decided to upend the poor McCulloughs’ lives. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But while I was in Birmingham watching Shrek and his talking donkey, my poor parents had been thousands of miles away, enduring their own terrible pain. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Surely those uneducated and poor will remain most vulnerable to racism. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the black alleys, under the torches, the children sang: “—and when she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so her poor dog had none!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It’s tomorrow,’ said Gollum, ‘or this was tomorrow when hobbits went to sleep. Very foolish, very dangerous — if poor Sméagol wasn’t sneaking about to watch.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Imagine the poor teacher trying to take attendance each morning. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He pushed the top off the Dumpster and we tossed Erwin’s halves inside, closing the lid on my poor bike forever. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I want to stay poor, then,” said Katie, “because I like to use my hands.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, too, the particular political moment favors what almost looks like a “conspiracy of silence” on the subject of poverty and the poor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that poor dream, as I once used to call it, has all gone by, Biddy,—all gone by!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“These kings never bother with the Sisters. Why should they? We are small and poor. And yet you’re here. Delivered to me by the storms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be a poor student. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Oh, I wish I could have said something to poor Bep, something that I know from my own experience would have helped. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Penelope wished she had thought to bring some scraps of meat with her to lure the poor frightened things. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Many of them seemed angry, unhappy, and poor. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

From this height the people didn’t look like poor, overworked Chinese; they seemed to be toy people going happily about their business. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor women waited, Aethra with them, while he went to summon the assembly which would decide the misery or happiness of their dead children. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was born in the hill country of Texas to the daughter of a single mother and the son of Mexican immigrants, all of them dirt poor—luxury travel is still a luxury. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even though people tell me I’m poor, my mom makes the best food in the world. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Instead, when the fever rampaged through Philadelphia in summers to come, vast tent encampments were erected for the poor by the Schuylkill River and in the Northern Liberties. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

And so it came to pass that Hear’Say’s poor, oddly placed little apostrophe was replicated everywhere and no one gave a moment’s thought to its sufferings. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“No,” said the father, “we’re not poor at all. In fact, I would say in a lot of ways we’re rich.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She was so drugged, she probably wasn’t much warmer than poor El Viejo in his casket. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am a poor man,” he said pleadingly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

In the midst of my thought my eye fell on the red scar on my poor darling’s white forehead. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They had entered an area of large homes, and Frear was shocked to find the same disorder as in the poorer neighborhoods. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

By that point, four years later, the initially modest gap between rich and poor has more than doubled. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

So I begun wi’ Compeyson, and a poor tool I was in his hands. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Their existence was similar to the life in rural South Africa; poor people everywhere are more alike than they are different. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t try to kill a poor old woman whose only crime is decency. You don’t drag her off to live in a moral sewer.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If you were a poor Jew, then you were a parasite, living in a hut with a dirt floor or the filth and squalor of a tenement you could hardly afford. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Confined to ghetto areas and lacking political power, the black poor are convenient targets. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In other words, Lawrence’s targets were contaminated—his supposed great discovery the product of poor technique. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

This latter group included not just vagrants and criminals, but anyone who happened to be poor or a recent arrival to the city. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is, and has always been, “gleaning,” named for the way the poor would trail behind farmers in ancient times, taking the stray stalks of grain left behind. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Drunkards, incorrigibles, poor whites who didn’t even own shoes delighted in this opportunity to scourge the colored population. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As poor as they were, the two neighbor women cooked supper and brought it to the Torres house. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Not that the truth concerning “poor Bonnie’s afflictions” was in the least a secret; everyone knew she had been an on-and-off psychiatric patient the last half-dozen years. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, there we were, laughing and laughing each time I came out with another detail about poor Lenny, and then suddenly it was like a plug had been pulled out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most were poor and black, and they offered encouragement and support, and my visit with the family generated even more of those calls. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Inspired at mass meetings by the testimony of elderly people who walked great distances and poor families who donated money for gasoline, protesters kept walking and vowed to do so until justice came. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, she sure got up and hightailed it when I come in and bulldozed poor Gilly clean through the carpet.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You poor fool. El Patron had seven other clones exactly like you, each one educated and believing he was going to run the country.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke wasn’t sure how the Barons had gotten rich, when everybody else was poor. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He got a cunning look, as if getting ready to offer a deal—the look men have when they fight with men instead of poor stupid animals. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pale with frustration, he stood up and walked out of the Hotel Frances fifty centavos poorer, leaving a trail of Viennese coffee on the springy carpet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good Lord, you poor thing,” said the man. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He always returned with the poor dog hanging off him, suspended in the air, impaled on his immense masculinity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the fact that the barbs were hurled by a woman, and a poor one, certainly did not make them easier to bear. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

My family’s a little bit poor as long as both my parents work. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I found no living family members, and as is true for much of history, there exists little written record of poor people’s lives. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

They have some ideas how to make a decent poor man’s life. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Double negatives, ain’t, and other nonstandard forms soon became stigmatized by their association with the less prestigious dialects of English used by its poorer and less educated speakers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

As if poor blacks, in their simplemindedness, believed that proximity to whiteness conferred a blessing, a kind of miraculous dispensation from the travails of poverty. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When parents were poor or ignorant or mean, or even just didn’t believe in having a TV set, it was up to their kids to protect them. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

My poor grandmother, who had been doing her best to be as kind to them as possible, now began to bristle a bit herself. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

For that reason, poor Call never had a pair of shoes that would lace properly. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ma’am, that he was indeed; and his son will be just like him—just as affable to the poor.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I was still treated poorly sometimes, but I had gained a different sort of confidence since being with Isabel, and the poor treatment didn’t bother me as much. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I began to think Buddy had pretty poor taste. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

This was a dire blow to poor Elizabeth, who had relied with firmness upon Justine’s innocence. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

We already grow groundnuts in the damp soil and squash in the poor land. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall, still lean from his fast growth, and had begun to shave—or, as Sparrow put it, to “abuse his poor face with knives.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It is a genuine expression of hatred for the poor, who have no one to blame for their misery but themselves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you get my letter?” she asked, and added, almost in the same breath, “You look almost frozen, you poor man. Why didn’t you wait inside? Did you get my letter?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

We left poor, crumbling Mr. Crumbley behind and went to the door. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then you go through the industrial belt of Wynberg that cordons off the rich and white from the poor and black. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Many of Alexandra’s poor flocked to Mr. Green to buy various parts of cattle —heads, entrails, hooves and heavy bones with scraps of meat on them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor kook had tried to make his mother think he had a girlfriend. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She really should have skipped the word plagiarizing, but I didn’t mention her poor pronunciation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I was sick and I know that’s no excuse, but I was feeling real poor and...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I can help Mom and Sam by being nicer at home, but I can still be embarrassed about being poor. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Wealthy merchants built wide walkways leading directly to their stores, while poor ones jostled for room wherever they could find it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We were so poor in all this mess. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or had some poor guy had to endure a taste test? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As a poor white laborer, C.P., too, was locked out from the traditional Southern institutions of power. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But as he was the son of a poor fisherman, there seemed little opportunity for him to become one. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Oh, look what they did, look what they did. My poor prince. Don't be afraid. I'll ride to the holdfast and bring help for you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Although a poor student himself, Hitler had definite ideas about education. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to gambling, for a poor man. There ought to be a law against it.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My poor brother didn’t know what she meant. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given the dilemma facing poor black communities, it is inaccurate to say that black people “support” mass incarceration or “get tough” policies. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Our poor stomachs weren’t used to such hearty food. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

His heart went out to poor Akaky, a humble clerk just as Ashoke’s father had been at the start of his career. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I relate the way the poor Tree Man’s extremities hung from him like gnarled trunks, and with that disturbing image firmly planted in my head, I’m pumped, confident, and take a bigger bite. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

One of the only good things about PM was the food, because nobody stopped you from making poor choices. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even at a distance and in the poor light I recognized him immediately. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then he wrote that Sakubva, the town where I was sending his letters, was a high-density suburb and filled with poor people and crime, like LA. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"Summon her personal guard. Tell him there's been a small accident. That poor Camille must be taken to the Palace Infirmary at once. Alert the royal doctor." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Mama always prayed to him whenever one of us got sick because she said the Holy Child Jesus took care of poor and sick people, especially children. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Father and Mother don’t think so. They like John though he is poor.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have very often hoped and intended to come back, but have been prevented by many circumstances. Poor, poor old place!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I am trapped on this island, where I killed those poor, poor dogs. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“To speak truth, St. John, my heart rather warms to the poor little soul. I wish we may be able to benefit her permanently.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the bright lights in my room were excruciating, like hot white daggers to my eyes, especially my poor left eye, which wouldn’t close. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After that I started asking Mary for her special help—not to take me home, though, like the poor nun Beatrix. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This in its small way is the very stuff of myths—the poor and suffering child who rises to glory, on a limited scale of course. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cotton wasn’t afraid of poor soil, but we found that we could only keep up with so much cotton. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children who brought home poor grades were made to study during the afternoon, and were tutored by the older ones and Mother and Dad. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just a month after a note in her medical record said she was fine, another doctor wrote, “In view of the rapid extension of the disease process the outlook is quite poor.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I knew better, and I’d texted him anyway, and now I was confusing this poor kid who didn’t have a clue what he was wading into. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Boy, I scared hell out of poor old Phoebe. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

We weren’t poor—Mother’s business was doing well and Dad was still scrapping—but we’d spent everything on supplies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t expect this to go on so long. I’d best be on my way or poor Elise will be getting a trifle warm.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study and the passionate possession of all Texans. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh at the ingenuity of my poor, trapped countryman. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was not enough charity for so many poor, defenseless people. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malthuss essay was about society, and about people, most especially about how poor people succumb in an environment where there are limited resources. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor needed education, jobs, and decent housing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

If you are born poor here, it’s no lasting shame. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so I am left to my wits, which in fact are prodigiously keen and surpassingly wise: I enter a town, with my crutch and my cry: “Food for the famished! Alms for the poor!” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

If there was a penny over and above the price of the rice at the kitchens for the poor, they bought a bit of cabbage. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The situation was worst in the middle-class and poorer districts. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still, she was more patient with them than she had ever been with poor Brigid at the beginning. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The poor things were so frightened and so pretty, and he only had to stop being obstinate to save their lives.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which she wouldn’t be, anyway; walking is for poor people. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There is the issue of money, of course, but Jon was as poor as me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He did this, poor fellow, by suddenly taking the opposite side to Lancelot in the grand melee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I wanted to neglect my own work, Kit groaned in remorse, I might at least have been out in the Crufis’ field helping the poor child! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was the year 2000, and virtually no other doctor or clinic in Haiti was treating poor patients with the most sophisticated antiretroviral drugs available on the market. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When I started researching her story, I had one question: How did she have the courage to stand up for the working poor against such huge and deadly odds? Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

They was poor folk but with a generous nature. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Every poor person in England used to wash that way until not so very long ago. And they didn't have a Primus. They had to heat the water over the fire in the hearth." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were mighty near as poor as factory folks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Dustfinger caught a rabbit he didn’t take it out of the trap until he was quite sure the poor thing had stopped wriggling. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange for me to be sitting on the other side of the table, and I felt sorry for the poor sweating candidates as we interviewed them. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Help my little wee ones! Oh, ack and alas, the poor children!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“I would make a poor princess,” she said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor man took this the wrong way and apologized for not bringing a prettier dress! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

After poor Edgar Derby, the high school teacher, was shot in Dresden later on, a doctor pronounced him dead and snapped his dogtag in two. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha became impatient at losses, he lost his patience with slow-paying debtors, he was no longer kindhearted to beggars, he no longer had the desire to give gifts and loans to the poor. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But from what I have heard, your family was very poor. You would definitely have been below the poverty level.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Knightley had a cheerful manner, which always did him good; and his many inquiries after “poor Isabella” and her children were answered most satisfactorily. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“That poor thing,” she said, “she must have suffered some.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“See. We’re not the same. You make yourself feel good helping poor kids. Who needs it? We’ve got ice cream trucks on the avenue, Stop & Shops, trees in Bronx Park. What else does anyone need?” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Few of the lower-middle class and poor families that lost their homes had fire insurance. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer liked to say that tuberculosis made its own preferential option for the poor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“She’s using me to feel better about herself. And her mother gave us all this food because she feels sorry for us. If that’s how you act when you have money, I’d rather stay poor.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At once the poor farmer felt sorry for what he had done, but before he could tell her, she died. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The poor child! The poor little one,” she lamented. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poorer neighborhoods often had no trees at all. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“In every sentence they menace our poor veins. Their language is as frightful to the ears of the alarmed multitude as the raven’s croak to those of the sickly flock.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

She used her fingers to put air quotes around poor guys. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When I assured her no harm had been done, she said: 'I do thank you for stopping and not running poor Nellie over. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a poor thing indeed, and the meager throng that had gathered to watch filled but half the seats. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were several makuks of wild rice from the fall’s gathering, though the harvest had been so poor. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, he probably drank a lot of the money away, and I’m fairly certain she’d prefer being a little poorer in return for his absence. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When I had just come to the city, I saw on Madame’s television that a lot of poor city women throw out their babies because they can’t afford to feed them. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Was it to save them from the poor farm that she had gone? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

In Oakland, they started a free breakfast program so that poor kids can have a meal before starting their school day. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

"I'd hate to have the poor child lose her pearls on account of me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She may consider herself too poor to raise a child. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“We are thoroughly violating this poor bridge,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The poorest went on living in burrows of the most primitive kind, mere holes indeed, with only one window or none; while the well-to-do still constructed more luxurious versions of the simple diggings of old. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Oppression occurred, he saw, when governments and most people simply ignored the poor or, worse, abused them. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The vet dragged poor Fig out of his safety zone again and plunked him onto the exam table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Paul Farmer, the renowned physician who has spent his life trying to cure the world's sickest and poorest people, once quoted me something that the writer Thomas Merton said: We are bodies of broken bones. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Alice planted squash seeds a year ago, and they grew as big as pumpkins—some plants like our poor soil. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A disgruntled Minute Man with poor aim flung a maraschino cherry in the general direction of Otto’s head. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She’d seen how poor people were treated in the hospital; they died waiting. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart beat quick on hearing Harriet’s footstep and voice; so, she supposed, had poor Mrs. Weston felt when she was approaching Randalls. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The poor can see the affluent easily enough—on television, for example, or on the covers of magazines. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every summer we joined the poor inner-city kids the Fresh Air Fund organization sent to host families or to summer camps for free. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a poor, uninspired shot and was a terrible dribbler. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I arrived, I realized how shabby my dreams were, how poor my thoughts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He openly condemned the rich for their oppression of the poor and inspired an alliance of white and black bond laborers, as well as slaves, who demanded an end to their servitude. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The poor child, the poor child,” he says. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I showed her all the delicious fat potatoes and she said, “Oh, my poor little Virginia, pobregulla, look what you brought back all by yourself.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom had a thing for the poor. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The poor woman was still so distraught over Pong that she didn’t do much besides weep, anyway. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Arguments from the opposition were far from over, but no one could say anymore that cost alone ruled out treating the disease in poor countries. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And there were plenty of private videos uploaded to the Thunderhead, showing Goddard and his disciples doling out immunity like bread to the poor. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He declared that every patient had to pay eighty cents, except for women, children, the truly poor, and anyone seriously ill. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She picked both blacks and whites and children from both wealthy homes and poor homes, zeroing in, ultimately, on twelve families. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The same people who had risen to power employing extralegal violence now viewed the poor whites who continued using this strategy with distaste and contempt. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘I wonder if poor Merry is much hurt. What has happened to Boromir? Why didn’t the Orcs kill us? Where are we, and where are we going?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You don’t like some poor little girl”—she throws on a Little Bo-Peep voice, fluffs her hair—“following big, manly Craig around the ward?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But it mattered to the judge that he could see I wasn’t poor, see I had a coach, educated parents. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, papa, if this is not encouragement to marry, I do not know what is. And I should never have expected you to be lending your sanction to such vanity-baits for poor young ladies.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

How poor do you have to be to sell something that’s free? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Bill Ferny’s poor old pony was developing an unexpected talent for picking out a path, and for sparing its rider as many jolts as possible. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“No. The money should all be put back into the poor neighborhoods, back into education for children, to change the things that send people here.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw how she often gave Fifth Wife money to go visit her poor village, encouraging this silly girl to “show your friends and family how rich you’ve become!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, there’s Arnold Jones, held up by all these hands, flopping and kicking and shrieking like some poor Aztec human sacrifice about to be tossed off a pyramid. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But although the acoustics in the Assembly Hall were poor, those outside the room were admirable. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with what raw materials are the poor to make something of themselves? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He pointed out that the stereotype of black men being poor fathers may well be false. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But the jewels were of poor quality, worth no more than twenty thousand dollars. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Aaron’s scent moves closer to the road but I’m feeling so poor I don’t even look up when I hear distant Noise now and then. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The snakes George and Martha curled around his caduceus, murmuring, Luke, poor Luke. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Shortly after this,” Carey wrote, “the guardians of the poor for the city...ceased the performance of their duties; nearly the whole of them having removed out of the city.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He and Lazzaro and poor old Edgar Derby are to join their fellows in the theater. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined Prometheus smiling, so anxious to help out us poor mortals. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And how many poor fools will I be commanding?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Your poor father's probably starving; he's been so busy on the phone, changing appointments and all." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never observed such a creature, for, whether from shame or fear, I had ignored the madmen and the poor who lived among us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha understood that the spoilt and grieving boy could not suddenly be content in a strange and poor place. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Maybe he’s tired of being ‘that poor sick kid,’” I said, throwing his words back at him. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“No catnip. If cats were attracted to my garden, the dog would make a terrible fuss. “Wouldn’t you, poor thing?” she said sweetly, leaning down to murmur to the dying mother dog. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

A year later he became director of WHO’s HIV/AIDS department, focusing on initiatives to help poor countries scale up their treatment, prevention, and care programs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“When he does, the Crochan will shatter. But,” she added, “there’s only one disagreeable thing about that, the poor duckling who climbs in will never climb out again alive.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The smallfolk too poor to own either one pulled their own plows through the thin, stony soil. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When, in the night, poor Burt got so tormented that he had to go home, he asked the cop on the beat to ring the Nolan bell three times. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet her outfit cost more than our car, but I don’t think she’s the kind of person to show off about her money or make you feel bad for being poor. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One of them looked to be only a few years younger than me, so you couldn’t really say, Ay, poor Papa, he lost it at the end and went behind the palm trees. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Us be’nt no common urchin,” quavered the poor creature, staying curled up as tight as ever. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His poor old heart went pit-a-pat as he staggered down the attic stairs and he kept on dabbing at his forehead with a handkerchief. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“A poor city that once was rich. A hungry city that once was fat. A bloody city that once was peaceful.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I told him I’d heard about so-called Mississippi Appendectomies, unnecessary hysterectomies performed on poor black women to stop them from reproducing, and to give young doctors a chance to practice the procedure. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

On the way I try to make myself look sympathetic, so that people as poor and desperate as I am will give me food and protection. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He says he’s an Ivy League professor and he knows the deal, and he wonders what it would feel like if he were some poor kid from the inner city. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to ask him if they’d ever get out. The poor humans! Why, it might have been John and Barbara—or any of us.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Once more I saw myself standing on the beach beside poor startled Ben. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was followed by two speakers, both community residents, who raised the pitch of the meeting with their complaints about the city’s treatment of poor blacks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In my poor parish, most of what we used came from the farms roundabout. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Norwood’s two daughters brought their father additional pain by making poor marriages. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the first moments after they had recognized the poor creature under the hemlock, Hazel and Dandelion felt completely stupefied, as though they had come upon a squirrel underground or a stream that flowed uphill. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the poor light the space above her head was pulsing to the rhythm of his own heart. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“They say the poor boy still hasn't uttered a sound. I don't blame him. I can tell you, it's a horrible feeling suddenly landing in someone else's story.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her poor kid cowered at her side, pulling down the bill of his baseball cap, his dirt-covered cheeks flaming. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Your goldfish didn’t make it, Melody. I don’t get it. Why would you do that to the poor little fish? He was happy in his little world.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The Monday following, Teacher saw her in the hall before class and asked her how the poor family had enjoyed the pie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean those poor sore objects attached to my legs?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Because we had spent so much of our money on tin roofs and the voyage over, it had to be a poor man’s month in England. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What would the Death Eaters want with a poor broken-down old buffer like me?” demanded Slughorn. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But if you’re surrounded by people who say ‘I want mine now,’ you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard for me not to believe that my friendship with Ellen wasn’t somehow fated long before we were born, back when Dolly was still a poor nobody in Tennessee. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The poor, dear lady shivered, and I could see the tension of her nerves as she clasped her husband closer to her and bent her head lower and lower still on his breast. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Even if I give all my clothes to the poor and have not charity, I am as nothing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s nothing at all. Now give your poor tutor a hug. I imagine my services won’t be needed after this.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The poor people do all the work, and the Guild men just live there for nothing.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My poor dear momma. The police took her out the Lautensehlaeger Market four times for disturbing the peace.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They cried to each other, “Come, have mercy on this poor maid and help her diligently.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tent was poor and shabby, compared with the splendid pavilions of the English knights. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Einarsson and Sverrisson pointed out, though, that the apartment was in extremely poor condition and would need repairs amounting to tens of thousands of dollars. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Savo, you are a poor example to your young neighbors.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

This was the first question on the survey: How do you feel about being black and poor? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It is not just that they lack opportunity, attend poor schools, or are plagued by poverty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Trembling with eagerness, Miyax asked Uma to tell her more about Kapugen, and Uma, spilling over with enthusiasm, told how the town and its people had grown poor and hungry several years ago. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, I think bitterly, that’s how it is with us, and with all poor people. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was understandable, though poor form, that this young woman should be covering for her friend by casting suspicion on an innocent boy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I’d ironed my poor plaid flannel as well as I could, twice, but the collar still looks crumpled and worn. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He remembered his father’s stories about his poor childhood and how at Nicolas’s age he was already out working to support his mother and sister. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, for countless poor people, particularly racial minorities targeted by the drug war, public housing was no longer available, leaving many of them homeless—locked out not only of mainstream society, but their own homes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

At the time, India was very, very poor, especially in the north, where famines and droughts had swept across the countryside and people were pushed off their land. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Wilkins’s DNA preparations were of poor quality and wouldn't generate good photographs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

All arms and movement, Willy tried, but the stupid pink bow went in one direction and poor Sydney went in the other. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He saw clearly now how those men had used him to keep poor blacks and poor whites fighting each other—while they kept control of the reins of power. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Weylin had married a poor, uneducated, nervous, startlingly pretty young woman who was determined to be the kind of person she thought of as a lady. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m not going to stay small forever, like poor Monsito, who never gets enough to eat. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

"Oh, you poor darling! It isn't a game, really you have no cause to worry, we're free. He's in Chicago, seeking his lost youth, no doubt," she said, bursting into laughter of self-surprise. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked to stretch his arms in condor flight and then wrap them around his body to become the poor woman huddled in a cold, shivering ball. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Sick, poor, and battered by her alcoholic husband, she decided she could not raise her kids any longer and turned them over to a Baptist children’s home. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She created the first American settlement house, a home in Chicago where poor and middle-class women lived together. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

People are milling along the tracks, waiting for something in this poorest of poor places. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

My family left our temporary housing for a house in another inner-city neighborhood, which seemed even rougher and poorer than the first. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Competing images of the poor as “deserving” and “undeserving” became central components of the debate. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z