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Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
pinched
penniless
impecunious
penurious
in straitened circumstances
poor
Having no money anymore; having lost all his money.
broke
bankrupt
belly-up
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Examples for "
pinched
"
pinched
penniless
impecunious
penurious
in straitened circumstances
Examples for "
pinched
"
1
Rebecca
pinched
his knee, hard: he had gone too far, too fast.
2
Vera
pinched
a lemon free and held it under a neon light.
3
I
pinched
him first in my anxiety and then in my joy.
4
But the solar market has also been
pinched
by the economic downturn.
5
I was a dog to have
pinched
it in the first place.
1
Twenty years later, unemployed and virtually
penniless
,
he bought the French Laundry.
2
My grandparents arrived
penniless
,
started a small family business and voted Tory.
3
Unfortunately, right before they left Tucson, Jimmy informed her they were
penniless
.
4
And you can deploy multiple strategies to help prevent a
penniless
future.
5
He probably won't believe you're
penniless
no matter what we tell him.
1
No foreign and
impecunious
princes penetrate as far inland as our town.
2
The accusation of an
impecunious
secretary would be less horrible than this.
3
Wild-eyed poets and rusty-looking,
impecunious
painters were firmly warned away from Balmoral.
4
It's quite true-threeyears ago, when I was more than usually
impecunious
.
5
Perhaps, given his
impecunious
circumstances, he was no longer allowed to play banker.
1
He lived in the most
penurious
manner, and denied himself every indulgence.
2
In private and public expenditures he was extremely economical, but not
penurious
.
3
Lavish in her generosity to others, she was personally frugal, even
penurious
.
4
They were selfish and
penurious
,
and hard-hearted and severe towards their servants.
5
Are there not many in their midst who are friendless and
penurious
?
1
He died last year and left his widow and child
in
straitened
circumstances
.
2
Though always
in
straitened
circumstances
,
the Garrisons were very hospitable.
3
He, however, is not at all sanguine, as Germany is itself
in
straitened
circumstances
.
4
What if he did,
in
straitened
circumstances
,
accept their aid?
5
The year above mentioned, the last of that term, found the poet
in
straitened
circumstances
.
1
Parents were too
hard
up
to provide any extra money, she said.
2
The wind is blowing
hard
up
above and the waves are high.
3
Some are
hard
up
for a thousand pounds; some for a shilling.
4
I took the ring because I was
hard
up
-
needed
money
at once.
5
The only thing I can think about now is being
hard
up
.
6
I managed to get the helm
hard
up
,
and Mallet jumped inboard.
7
She had got it into her head that he was
hard
up
.
8
Then he jerked one of his arms
hard
up
between his shoulders.
9
But I went to room there when I was pretty
hard
up
.
10
Then I am
hard
up
for money, and I sell my barley.
11
Just at this moment I am
hard
up
myself for a fiver.
12
We heard this afternoon of a family who are pretty
hard
up
.
13
We did not let anybody know how
hard
up
we really were.
14
He found me well-nigh as desperately
hard
up
as he is himself.
15
But there is no occasion for you to be
hard
up
now.
16
I'd get one of my own only I'm so beastly
hard
up
.
hard
up
hard