How to Use poor in a Sentence

poor

adjective

• We were too poor to buy new clothes.
• It was a poor attempt at a joke.
• She couldn't read the sign because her vision was too poor.
• He is in poor condition.
• She has a poor vocabulary.
• The organization helps poor families.
• The illness that your poor mum died from is called Hellp.
  — Hazlitt, 8 Nov. 2023
• Anything longer than that risks a poor fit, which can lead to water loss.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2023
• What are the signs my pet is feeling the effects of poor air quality?
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 8 June 2023
• So give the vacuum a break while the air quality is poor.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
• Lake Charles, the nearest city, is home to about eighty thousand people, close to half of whom are Black and many of whom are poor.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2023
• Conversely, a poor showing could force one or the other to end their bid.
  — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
• Knack, whose career was in danger of stalling after a poor 2022, was briefly on their taxi squad prior to the break.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• My parents were too poor to buy houses that were proximate to where the good schools were.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023
• She was released early at age 69 because of poor health.
  — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 18 June 2023
• My poor wife took it upon herself to search for the wedding ring in dirty diapers.
  — Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
• This game isn’t very meaningful for either side, both of which enter in poor form.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
• The Reds’ poor defense was responsible for allowing two runs and kept the Marlins in the game.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 13 May 2023
• Rounds played in San Diego slipped 12 percent in the first quarter, likely because of poor weather.
  — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
• Coming off his third poor start in a row, Jon Gray sounded a lot like Leclerc trying to explain what’s gone wrong.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 4 May 2023
• That could cause more bouts of poor air quality in several cities.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
• Perhaps Trump fired them to shake up his legal defenses, given how poor his track record in the courts has been up to this point.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 9 June 2023
• GiveWell has done the calculations on how to rescue poor humans.
  — Leif Wenar, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
• That left out families that weren't poor enough, stigmatized those who were, and added to growing school meal debt.
  — Steve Karnowski and Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2023
• The data also suggests that about 8% of deaths could be attributed to poor sleep patterns.
  — Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2023
• But the effects of poor dental health extend far beyond a treat-heavy holiday.
  — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• This is due to poor health care in my youth, as well as skipping some of my regular checkups during the pandemic.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
• Despite a search for the actor beginning, ground crews were taken off the mountain the next evening amid avalanche risks and poor trail conditions due to snow and ice.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
• Respondents also held a poor view of Biden's handling of the economy and the U.S.-Mexico border, in addition to his age.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
• An old college friend contacted me because her mother was in a nursing home, in poor health.
  — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 11 July 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024