How to Use homeless in a Sentence

homeless

adjective
  • Trump wants homeless camps gone.
    — Keely Doll, The Courier-Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That rings true for those who are homeless and those who are not.
    — Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Who is homeless in the Phoenix area?
    — Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • There are a lot of homeless people out there.
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
  • There are a lot of homeless people, just a lot of chaos.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Williams, 38, has been homeless for more than a decade.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • By how many less people are homeless.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • One homeless neighbor is one too many.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • At the time, the woman was homeless.
    — Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Others have been found in homeless camps.
    — Eric Adler april 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Others have been found in homeless camps.
    — Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
  • Phinzee is 63 and, for the first time in her life, homeless.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Are there lots of homeless people?
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But some of the dozens of homeless people who live there don’t want to leave.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2025
  • It's meant to help those who use the transit system when homeless.
    — Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • It has since been abandoned, used as a homeless camp, and had half a dozen fires last year.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
  • My own mother has been homeless on and off for the last 10 years.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
  • The woman begs for help with homeless drug addicts.
    — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
  • There’s going to be a lot more homeless people.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Both victims were homeless at the time of their deaths, police said.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Santos was homeless, as were some of the victims.
    — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Just ended up homeless all of a sudden.
    — Amanda Hari, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Her brother and Drinkhouse were both homeless.
    — Stacey Barchenger, AZCentral.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Some homeless people don’t have cellphones or have ways to charge them.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Many of them need more support to get on their feet and out of their homeless status.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Thousands of people are homeless, many camped out on streets.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • People are being made homeless, maimed and killed.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Indiana passed a statewide ban on homeless camps.
    — Evan Frank, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Former foster kids are much more likely to end up homeless or in jail.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 24 June 2026
  • The victims were not in or near homeless encampments but were on the streets alone.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023

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