How to Use homeless in a Sentence

homeless

adjective
  • The idea of a big, all-in-one homeless campus is not new.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • The man said his son is homeless and lives in the Tremont area of Cleveland.
    — cleveland, 30 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • But some of the dozens of homeless people who live there don’t want to leave.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Police found a 37-year-old homeless man shot in the leg.
    — Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Alone in the world yet again, Viverette was now homeless, bouncing from aunt to aunt, couch to couch.
    — Mykal McEldowney, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Many have ended up in homeless shelters and on the streets.
    — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The victims were not in or near homeless encampments but were on the streets alone.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • For the fifth year in a row, Jeff Bezos is looking to help the homeless ahead of the holidays.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Rivera, a former homeless man, used the money to pay the mortgages on his house.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The homeless, of course, moved on to camp in nearby neighborhoods and cities.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2022
  • To get the full $1,500, a student would have to be a low-income, homeless foster youth.
    — Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The staff, taking him for a homeless person, moved to usher him out.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Access, Teague said, is a huge need of not just the homeless, but for the rest of the community as well.
    — Arkansas Online, 31 July 2022
  • His dad was homeless and lived on a beach for a long time, and his grandmother lived in a house with a dirt floor.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • These are the people that Eric Adams wants to send out to help the homeless and whatever the case may be.
    — Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Last year, the district cleared 226 homeless people from the boardwalk.
    — Jamie Joseph, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The 38-year-old, described in the article as homeless, was Greg.
    — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 24 July 2025
  • Five homeless people in Grants Pass were among the plaintiffs.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Bogrow, who lives in Texas, said she had been estranged from Yaw, who had been homeless for about five years.
    — Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Most recently, a 30-year-old homeless man was shot and killed in Long Beach.
    — Fox News, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The man, who police believe was homeless, was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Advocates for the homeless have urged the city to open up hotels to deal with the surge of immigrants.
    — Brittany Kriegstein, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Across the street, Gil, a 51-year-old homeless man, sat by his tent smoking the synthetic drug spice.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022
  • The 2,245 RVs in the most recent homeless count accounted for a third of the county total.
    — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
  • He’s made donations to schools in Evanston and homeless shelters in Gary.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But other homeless older adults are new to the experience.
    — Felice J. Freyer, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025

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