Examples of 'was illiterate' in a sentence

Meaning of "was illiterate"

Was illiterate: This phrase describes a past state of being unable to read or write. It is often used to highlight a person's lack of literacy in the past

How to use "was illiterate" in a sentence

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was illiterate
He was illiterate and showed no interest in his studies.
Does not the body you kill was illiterate.
Gul was illiterate at the time of her marriage.
Does not it bother you your killer was illiterate.
He was illiterate just like most of his neighbours.
She had no formal education and was illiterate.
He was illiterate the whole of his life.
The army never discharged anyone who was illiterate.
I was illiterate on the first day of school.
She was surprised to learn that he was illiterate.
He was illiterate until the age of ten.
He was a wonderful young man who was illiterate.
He was illiterate as a child because of his labors.
Surely whoever wrote this was illiterate.
I was illiterate and could not read.

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Everyone laughed at him when they discovered he was illiterate.
I was illiterate and you taught me to read.
The only reason was that he was illiterate.
She was illiterate and had never had a job.
He never received any formal education as a child and was illiterate.
Your dad was illiterate.
She was illiterate and could barely sign her name.
His wife was illiterate.
She had a vocabulary of a few hundred words and was illiterate.
Hanna was illiterate for the greater part of her life.
It is sometimes said that he was illiterate.
Yang was illiterate but knew military strategies well.
Only one respondent was illiterate.
Freeman was illiterate and left no written records of her life.
Tom admitted that he was illiterate.
Walker was illiterate and could not sign his name.
Mohammed replied that he was illiterate.
Probably he was illiterate and could not write his name.
She was a big promoter of education even though she was illiterate.
Turns out he was illiterate.
He was illiterate in his language.
He said his mother was illiterate.
My mother was illiterate and did not have much understanding.
Everyone on my street was illiterate.
Since he was illiterate he could not complete the asylum application form by himself.
The majority of the population was illiterate and living in grinding poverty.
There is no doubt that he was a commoner and that he was illiterate.
One in four was illiterate.
I was illiterate before.
He never had a formal education and was illiterate all of his life.
She was illiterate.
She was basically from the village and was illiterate.
My father was illiterate.
Luo was illiterate and worked as a farmer and housewife throughout her life.
I said he was illiterate.

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