That has meant little assistance for people left utterly destitute.

Left almost destitute and without any education, the sisters are forced to sell the family home to cover their father's debts.

The patients die and their families are left destitute.

It's taken over by the husband's family, which is within customary law, and then they are left destitute.

What could my darling do, I asked, left destitute and penniless?

On his father's death in 1589, Phineas was left destitute.

The family was left destitute because it is said that he left them nothing but his books.

I won't be left destitute, and you know it.

A sneeze, you think, and the lady must surely be left destitute.

"I will be the better for being left destitute?"