How to Use indigent in a Sentence

indigent

adjective

• Because he was indigent, the court appointed a lawyer to defend him.
• The clinic provides free care for indigent patients.
• She has since been declared indigent.
  — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026
• Some of the families are indigent, some of them don't know where the insurance is.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2020
• In June, the city court agreed to refund some fees paid by indigent defendants to avoid jail.
  — Kevin McGill, The Seattle Times, 6 Sep. 2017
• Again, the state does not officially track indigent cases such as these.
  — Stefano Dipietrantonio, Cincinnati.com, 1 Feb. 2018
• In most counties, attorneys are paid a flat fee, no matter how many indigent clients they are assigned.
  — Caleb Bedillion, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2023
• The somewhat less indigent are asked to pay back between 30% and 70%.
  — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
• The in-person meeting that indigent detainees get with those project lawyers is their first contact, sometimes after weeks or months in jail.
  — Liz Robbins, New York Times, 27 June 2018
• In Texas, indigent defenders sometimes opt for jail time to zero out their balances.
  — Glenn Thrush, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• Both were found to be indigent but didn't have attorneys appointed to represent them at their bail hearings.
  — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2022
• She was asked to join because of her extensive research and writing about the structure of indigent defense.
  — Anat Rubin, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
• Singh’s attorney told the court that his client is indigent but has received some third-party assistance to fund the defense.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
• For her, these crumbling structures are crowded with ghosts — of indigent children and fellow nurses lost to disease or time.
  — John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• Meanwhile, the indigent villagers where the rhinos are located can make a year’s salary by working with poachers.
  — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 16 June 2019
• For instance, the indigent care levy has been in place continuously for 51 years.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 21 July 2017
• And their share of the expense of providing healthcare to the indigent via Medicaid.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
• The state of Illinois has a fund for indigent burials, used to reimburse coroner's offices.
  — Gloria Casas, Elgin Courier-News, 25 May 2017
• The result of a dearth of lawyers willing to represent indigent clients is long wait times for trials or settlements being forced through.
  — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2026
• Bar advocates are private lawyers who take on the cases of indigent defendants on a contract basis.
  — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
• The county owns a section of the cemetery for indigent burials, with the first dating back to 1931.
  — Heather Kennison, The Seattle Times, 25 Feb. 2018
• The office provides services to indigent defendants in felony cases in the county.
  — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 13 Oct. 2025
• In other words, indigent defense shortages harm not only defendants but the justice system as a whole.
  — Emily Naiser, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2026
• The court found Rodriguez to be indigent and appointed him a public defender.
  — Raheem Hosseini, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2026
• The indigent defense office maintains the list of attorneys willing to take these more serious crimes.
  — Jerzy Shedlock, The Seattle Times, 27 Nov. 2018
• The offender would pay for the treatment unless a court determined the offender was indigent.
  — Mike Cason | [email protected], al.com, 5 June 2019
• Matthew Farwell has been declared indigent, and taxpayers are paying for his defense.
  — Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
• But the decisions left it to local courts to determine if a person is truly indigent or is simply choosing not to make payment.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2020
• Her clients were now indigent defendants accused of drug dealing and violent felonies, but friends say the work ignited her passions.
  — Robert Draper, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• The first is the clients and his commitment to representing indigent defendants.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024