How to Use riches in a Sentence
riches
plural noun-
Give all the riches to the poor, let the poor become rich.
— Reed Dunlea, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2021 -
That’s dismal compared to the Padres’ riches in the No. 1 spot and even the Dodgers, who ranked No.
— Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2019 -
There’s a lot of great riches to this business as well.
— Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2020 -
This one did, with the backing of riches the likes of which golf has never seen.
— Doug Ferguson, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2022 -
And riches were cool in 1976: The Eagles embraced, as the phrase goes, the lifestyle.
— James Parker, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2021 -
The riches of the natural world are not spread evenly across the globe.
— Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2020 -
The site’s legendary sale is a surplus of stylish riches, all up to 50% off.
— Jake Smith, Glamour, 24 May 2022 -
Alone among our founders, his is a riches-to-rags story.
— Stacy Schiff, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022 -
Long life is in her right hand in her left hand are riches and honor.
— Georgia Slater and Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 24 Jan. 2022 -
Murray's dream of NFL success and the vast riches that come with it had come true.
— José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2022 -
In some ways, the band's story is the typical rags-to-riches one.
— Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 8 Apr. 2018 -
Goldman Sachs, with all of its riches, could have bought just about any URL.
— New York Times, 31 July 2021 -
Sea birds that made a living from the riches of those cold waters died off by the thousands.
— Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2020 -
The highway lined with signs of how fast the outside world is stripping the Amazon of its riches.
— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 29 Aug. 2019 -
Pioneers in search of riches have long flocked to this area.
— Adam Elmahrek, Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022 -
In a city that loves rags-to-riches stories, few can match the saga of Pepe Aguilar and his family.
— Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2019 -
Surround yourself with loved ones and close friends to enjoy the true riches of life.
— Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2021 -
For all its riches, South Korea has no clear way to counter the leverage Kim has with his nukes.
— Kim Tong-Hyung, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2018 -
For those artists, the sudden riches can be life-rattling.
— New York Times, 12 May 2021 -
The discovery turned into a full-blown gold rush and in the 1860s, swarms of miners tore at the tiny stream for its riches.
— New York Times, 25 June 2018 -
But 2022 still held all kind of riches for people who love movies: big ones, small ones, true ones, snail ones.
— Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2022 -
Enjoy the riches that come with being in a big, diverse city.
— Laura Bleiberg, latimes.com, 22 Mar. 2018 -
End the year strong—and with an embarrassment of riches!
— The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022 -
But riches and ocean views can’t quite mask the devastating effects of the past.
— Washington Post, 27 May 2021 -
Markle, even with riches our children don’t have, did not want to live anymore.
— BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2021 -
Sherman isn’t the only kid who went straight outta Compton to a life of fame and riches in sports.
— Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 17 Oct. 2019 -
Some guys play the game to achieve riches and notoriety.
— Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2021 -
The middle of five children, Frances, like the characters in some of her tales, had a kind of rags-to-riches story.
— Sarah Schutte, National Review, 13 Mar. 2022 -
But there's a caveat: His rags-to-riches story might not actually be true.
— Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 17 Mar. 2023 -
Warner can relate to this rags-to-riches storybook theme.
— Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2023
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