workhouse in a sentence

Examples

1. He was sentenced to serve two days in the workhouse.
2. The prospect of entering the workhouse was certainly something to be avoided.
3. :Hundreds flocked to the workhouse for sustenance and refuge.
4. However, the workhouse could not cope with the numbers requiring assistance.
5. Apartments and housing surround the old Trent Hospital, once the workhouse.
6. The Workhouse and the Fever Hospital were described as full to overflowing.
7. The caption reads " John Kendrick, founder of this workhouse ".
8. Birch Hill occupies the former Rochdale Union Workhouse at Dearnley.
9. The workhouse was recorded in 1870 as having 280 residents.
10. Oldcastle Workhouse was built and opened in 1842 to accommodate 600 people.