How to Use homeless in a Sentence

homeless

adjective
Definition of homelessnext
  • The idea of a big, all-in-one homeless campus is not new.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • Take a tour of the 312-square-foot house that may help homeless Utahns get on their feet and out of the cold and heat.
    — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • There were 16 people in the area who were homeless, Bass said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Now, with the world’s eyes on Paris for the Olympic Games, many homeless people have been moved out of the city.
    — Gabriel Kinder, CNN, 26 July 2024
  • The victims were not in or near homeless encampments but were on the streets alone.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Rivera, a former homeless man, used the money to pay the mortgages on his house.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The staff, taking him for a homeless person, moved to usher him out.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Last year, the district cleared 226 homeless people from the boardwalk.
    — Jamie Joseph, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Julie befriended a woman who was homeless, then spent the night with her in the West Side Boat Basin.
    — Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 15 June 2024
  • After the fire, at least 5,000 New Yorkers were homeless.
    — Robert G. Kaiser, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • However there is still a homeless encampment on the south side of the road, which is where Sam lived.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The dog ran off leash, out of a homeless encampment on Toland St., and made its way toward the side of the vehicle, the spokesperson said.
    — Andrea Guzman, Fortune, 9 June 2023
  • Gerard started showing up again at the sites where his homeless friends were.
    — Matt Kempner, ajc, 23 June 2023
  • One of my last assignments in Little Rock was to write about the death of a blind, homeless man who claimed to have been close friends with Yoko Ono.
    — Will Stephenson, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • The small building now being used as a shelter for homeless drug users in Bad River sits in the shadow of a Catholic church.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Eight years old and homeless — there are hundreds of children like Relisha in D.C.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
  • South Station is no longer open to homeless people overnight.
    — Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The stories of those left behind Bryant went by Willie and was well-known and loved by advocates for homeless people in the city.
    — Jodi Ooten, The Indianapolis Star, 9 June 2023
  • California is home to nearly a third of all homeless people in the U.S.
    — Tran Nguyen, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • One witness said the unidentified victim was a kindly homeless man known to ride around the area where he was struck.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Armstead, 55, was homeless and struggled with high blood pressure and strokes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
  • All three have promised to get tough on property crime and remove thousands of homeless people from the streets.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • But heat is just one of the many causes of death that plague the rapidly growing homeless population.
    — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2023
  • This led to a three-week run at the town’s arthouse, the Palm Theater, and all proceeds were donated to the 40 Prado Road homeless shelter.
    — Steven Gaydos, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023
  • More big stories For the first time since 2018, homeless count finds fewer people living on L.A. streets.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
  • Hogan had been homeless for the last year and a half after his grandmother’s landlord gave them 30 days notice.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
  • Chee, just a few months past high school graduation, was homeless and unsure of his next steps.
    — oregonlive, 17 June 2023
  • To test the gel, Johnson plans to recruit orphans, homeless people, and the elderly.
    — Bysara Reardon, science.org, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Proceeds from the thrift shop will support the church and its schools, and the donation of goods to local homeless and animal ministries.
    — Andrea Manes, Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Eight homeless people – aged between 11 and 19-years-old – were killed when scores of street kids living outside the Candelária Chruch in Rio were attacked.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024

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