indigence
seriously impoverished condition; poverty.
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How to use indigence in a sentence
William Booth’s famous poverty maps, which the social reformer used to catalogue affluence and indigence in late Victorian London, don’t extend this far south.
But there are many more people balancing precariously on the verge of indigence.
A Dickensian Christmas For Greece’s New Poor | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt must be a dreadful situation for any man to have to choose between roguery and indigence.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La BruyreTheir kings are without power and without glory; their subjects languish in indigence and wretchedness.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachBanished from his native country and without any resource, Diogenes was reduced to great indigence.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 | Various
And a life of simplicity and indigence, which moderates the sexual desires, now seems to me good.
My Religion | Leo TolstoyOrdinary minds avoid, as much as possible, recurring to past periods of indigence and inferiority of station.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus Cox
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