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.