Meanings of such destitution in English

The poor woman wept as she said, 'She had never before known such destitution.'

The very gendarme was appalled before such destitution.

You are surprised, are you not, to find me in such destitution when my parents are living in luxury?

It made my heart bleed to see a fellow-creature in such destitution, one, moreover, who I hoped was a brother in Christ Jesus.

It seemed too sad that innocent children should be brought to such destitution that the very sight of food should so affect them!

Such destitution is a constant fear, and when it occurs it produces undeserved suffering, and often deterioration in the social value of the sufferer.

"As poor as Tomaso of the Mill," the people said; it being understood that a church mouse failed to suggest such destitution.