“Falling in love with a tea vendor could suit the infatuated young mind but when it comes to marriage she is able to visualise the agony of penury and gets out of the affair.”

“Price rises due to his stealth taxes have reduced thousands like me to utter penury.”

“Women who believe they are in for a reasonable standard of living during widowhood, are to be step-by-step, reduced to penury.”

“Her penuriousness reached new heights as she refused to purchase even the most basic necessities.”

“Whether this is a misprint, or calculated penuriousness, the move seems serious as there are now indeed proper staff manning the kitchen.”

“In Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the character Ebenezer Scrooge is renowned for his penuriousness.”