the poor

noun

: poor people

He gave money to the poor.

Examples of the poor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Advocates for high minimum wages cast themselves as fighters for the poor. — Shiv Parihar, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2026

The way Mellencamp tells it, the walls crumbling down were those that protected the poor before President Reagan’s deregulating spree. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Finally, the encyclical has much to say about the exclusion of the poor but nothing to say about redistributive policies to help them. — Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

Chavez set out to redistribute wealth, taking from the rich and giving to the poor. — Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the poor

• abjure
• adjure
• allure
• assure
• brochure
• cocksure
• coiffure
• contour
• couture
• demure
• detour
• endure