"poorly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- When his poorly clad wife was about to embrace him, some of his students, not knowing who she was, sought to restrain her.
- The girl they had chosen was very young, certainly younger than myself, and poorly clad, with a gown much mended.
- "Practically all the men and women who applied for shelter were poorly clad, some miserably," The Eagle said, "and many of them were suffering with frostbitten feet and hands."
- Most of the Russian troops appeared poorly clad, their uniforms dirty and shoddy.
- Unshod and poorly clad, we have struggled our way across Perquaine while cruel winter swirls about us.
- They worked together, poorly clad, and suffering from the bitter cold and wet of those winter months.
- They were human, but not like any humans Elizabeth had ever seen before; roughly and poorly clad, bearded, hair straggling and unwashed.
- Patriarch Bergsten interrogated the poorly clad and ignorant Elene captives briefly, and then he ordered them released.
- They were for the most part poorly clad and equipped, but their bravery, self-denial, and patriotism enabled them to do good service in the cause of freedom.
- The corridor opened upon a small hall, with a fringe of poorly clad people seated all round upon benches.
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