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Meanings of reduce to penury in English

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Usage of reduce to penury in English
1
All went well until 1848, when the factory burned down and the family was reduced to penury.
A short history of nearly everything
2
In extreme cases, bouts of retaliatory entertaining continue until one side is reduced to penury, leaving the winner not much better off.
The god delusion
3
Even the insatiate Trust Magnates, were they suddenly to be reduced to penury, would shield their wives, their daughters and their indigent.
The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
4
Reduced to penury and with only a few friends prepared to risk association with him, he soon suffered from cancer of the stomach.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
5
And what consequence but total ruin can arise from the prosecution of measures, by which we are already reduced to penury and contempt?
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 10 / Parlimentary Deba...