How to Use homeless in a Sentence

homeless

adjective
  • The idea of a big, all-in-one homeless campus is not new.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • Take a tour of the 312-square-foot house that may help homeless Utahns get on their feet and out of the cold and heat.
    Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • There were 16 people in the area who were homeless, Bass said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The victims were not in or near homeless encampments but were on the streets alone.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The staff, taking him for a homeless person, moved to usher him out.
    Emily Langer, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Last year, the district cleared 226 homeless people from the boardwalk.
    Jamie Joseph, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The dog ran off leash, out of a homeless encampment on Toland St., and made its way toward the side of the vehicle, the spokesperson said.
    Andrea Guzman, Fortune, 9 June 2023
  • Gerard started showing up again at the sites where his homeless friends were.
    Matt Kempner, ajc, 23 June 2023
  • The small building now being used as a shelter for homeless drug users in Bad River sits in the shadow of a Catholic church.
    Lev Facher, STAT, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Eight years old and homeless — there are hundreds of children like Relisha in D.C.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The stories of those left behind Bryant went by Willie and was well-known and loved by advocates for homeless people in the city.
    Jodi Ooten, The Indianapolis Star, 9 June 2023
  • California is home to nearly a third of all homeless people in the U.S.
    Tran Nguyen, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But heat is just one of the many causes of death that plague the rapidly growing homeless population.
    Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2023
  • This led to a three-week run at the town’s arthouse, the Palm Theater, and all proceeds were donated to the 40 Prado Road homeless shelter.
    Steven Gaydos, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Chee, just a few months past high school graduation, was homeless and unsure of his next steps.
    oregonlive, 17 June 2023
  • Proceeds from the thrift shop will support the church and its schools, and the donation of goods to local homeless and animal ministries.
    Andrea Manes, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The notion that homeless people tend to die earlier than people with housing is not a new one.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Latest case of homeless shelter contract fraud in NYC highlights schemes across the nation.
    USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The truce between business owners and homeless people here is uneasy at best.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
  • That morning, three homeless people were camped in front of his parents’ house on Magnolia.
    Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In the spring of 2021, Medford passed a strict anti-camping ordinance, meant to remove homeless people from view.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • But one night, three years ago, a homeless man exposed himself and attacked her with a traffic cone, injuring her head.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • According to the coroner’s office, Palmer was homeless.
    Fox19, The Enquirer, 30 May 2023
  • The 911 caller also claimed the person who trespassed onto the property was homeless.
    John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Back then, Badillo would borrow the scaffolding from her old job at a homeless shelter and go to work on the mural without a helmet or proper shoes.
    Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Why are some migrants remaining in homeless shelters for months?
    Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Many street homeless people in New York City have had prior bad experiences in large shelters.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Stager, his mother and his siblings were homeless for the first years of his life in California, according to his sentencing memo.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 16 July 2023
  • Sheriff’s officials suspected the fire was started by a 43-year-old woman who was living in one of the garages with other homeless people.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Deputies will also be flying over some of the rivers areas to spot encampments in hopes of making contact with homeless people who may be in the area and relocating them to a safer area.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023

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