| We've already mentioned penniless banana growers and people who don't want a stomachful of growth hormones. |
| Tony, a footloose and hard-living traveller, finds himself penniless and without a job out in the wilds of Kenya. |
| They were penniless and Mary knew that a stage career was her only hope of survival. |
| I was penniless and facing bankruptcy and the prospect of being prosecuted in court for a whole range of civil and criminal offences. |
| Relocated to a contemporary setting, the story tells of a penniless prostitute chosen and gifted with wealth by the Gods. |
| A penniless writer used to sit here all day, writing the early draft chapters of her now famous novel. |
