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Example sentences for "poor dear"

  • To his surprise she gave an embarrassed laugh.

  • If I could see that sister of mine, I would give her a piece of my mind.

  • You will make me cry too, and I have been singing a Te Deum in my heart all day for dear Lettice's sake.

  • Really, poor dear Mr. Carlyon was quite cast into the shade this evening.

  • Poor dear Die, I wish you could have seen her face when he paid her a compliment; she looked quite bewildered.

  • Poor dear Cedric, how could he help loving her?

  • Equal to you--they are not even equal to poor dear Briggs, my companion, or Bowls, my butler.

  • She has brains in plenty (much more wit in her little finger than you have, my poor dear Briggs, in all your head).

  • But you're only a gentlewoman, my poor dear child.

  • So I shall have to leave her to her father's tender mercies, poor dear.

  • I knewed she would be one day, poor dear!

  • I wrote a letter, therefore, to my poor dear mother, telling her that I was in the house of friends of my father, etc.

  • Here I live in my own home without a friend, and he is treated like a pariah, my poor dear boy!

  • It came over her still more than at the time, it came over her that he had been struck with something, even HE, poor dear man; and that for this to have occurred there must have been much to be struck with.

  • Then why the deuce does he--oh, poor dear man!

  • Then she added, seeing Clara looked annoyed, "You think me hard on poor dear Carey, but indeed I am not doubting her affection or her grief.

  • She said she had been at school with Elvira's poor mamma, "a sweetly pretty girl, poor dear, but so indulged.

  • Were you thinking how it was all spoilt, Armie, poor dear Armie.

  • She seemed happier after she came back from London, poor dear; and she told me that her grandfather had left her money, and that she was likely to become quite a rich woman.

  • He was seized in the night, poor dear gentleman, and it was only discovered when the servant went to call him in the morning.

  • I knew that nobody but you could settle it for her, poor dear girl; she is so young and inexperienced, and one is so much at a loss without a gentleman.

  • But don't tell Maria so--poor dear love--she may never have another chance.

  • Nothing was ever more real than his affection, poor dear boy,' and the tears thrilled to her eyes.

  • I'm an old woman, and I may be wrong, but my poor dear Mr. Meadows would never encourage a banker's clerk about the house unless he knew what were his expectations.

  • Poor dear Jolyon," she said, "somebody ought to see to it for him!

  • And, beside him, Thirza thought: 'Poor dear Ted I how nice for him to be having a complete rest!

  • True; but, poor dear, she is of a gentle nature, easily led, and seeing only what her affection lets her perceive.

  • Poor dear child, how one longs for power to breathe into her some such penitence!

  • Sympathy faded out between them, though she, poor dear, never betrayed it, if she realised it, which I doubt.

  • It is mother, poor dear, that worries so.

  • Och, then, poor dear shoul, he would be after finding that one was sufficient, if not one too many.

  • Oh, she's not, thank goodness, at all badly off, poor dear.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    impure water; keep your; large groups; poor boys; poor brother; poor chap; poor child; poor children; poor dear; poor health; poor lady; poor mamma; poor mistress; poor old; poor opinion; poor priests; poor servant; poor souls; poor wench; poor white; poor widow; poor woman; poor young; pure doctrine; safe place; shall hear