6 sentences with 'poorer'
Example sentences and phrases with the word poorer and other words derived from it.
• « The southern kingdom of Judah was poorer, smaller and more conservative; it was in Judah that the Prophetic Movement was born. »
• « As the rich got richer, they bought up land and sometimes even forced poorer citizens off their farms. Thus, there was an existential threat to Rome's armies, and with it, to Rome itself. »
• « Occasionally, a poorer Roman citizen could petition an emperor personally for redress and succeed, as could the occasional provincial to a governor, but the vast majority of the time the poor (citizens and non-citizens alike) were simply at the mercy of the elite landowners. »
• « The Non-Aligned Movement ended up with over 100 member nations, wielding considerable power in the UN General Assembly and successfully directing policy and aid money to poorer nations. »
• « Lending by the richer members to the poorer ones, the latter generally clustered along the Mediterranean, meant that none of the "eurozone" countries lagged too far behind. »
• « The British army imposed harsh discipline on its soldiers, who were drawn from the poorer classes, to ensure that they did not overstep the mark during combat. If they did, their officers would kill them. »