A paper presented in 1994 suggested that IS signers "combine a relatively rich and structured grammar with a severely impoverished lexicon".

The poor economy meant that Gibraltar's population barely changed between 1830 and 1880, but it was still relatively more prosperous than the severely impoverished south of Spain.

Some relied on funds from secondary sources such as banking and trade while others, like the severely impoverished Duke Of Marlborough, sought American heiresses.

His last years were severely impoverished, leading to his wife's mental breakdown.

Some relied on funds from secondary sources such as banking and trade while others, like the severely impoverished Duke of Marlborough, sought American heiresses to save their country houses and lifestyles.

Chārudatta is a generous man from the Brahman caste who, through his charitable contributions to unlucky friends and the general public welfare, has severely impoverished himself and his family.

McNulty was the close childhood friend, and probably the only intimate friend ever, of Shaw, the then severely impoverished and neglected son of an abusive, drunkard, father and an equally neglectful mother.

Bands of predatory freebooters, ex-soldiers turned bandits, preyed on a severely impoverished peasantry which had only the lowly Jewish traders as a target for its hatred.

Parts of Mount Vernon are severely impoverished, and for years the city has suffered from a reputation as a haven for drugs and crime, a condition it has outgrown, the mayor says.

In the 1980s, Westlake became the home of Los Angeles' vibrant but severely impoverished Salvadoran and Guatemalan communities, exiles from the civil wars in Central America at the time.