Sentence examples for Lean months from inspiring English sources

In lean months, some resort to eating rats.

Other strategies helped Gingrich survive the lean months of his campaign.

Why? A. It allowed him to add the extra weight he'll need to survive the lean months of winter campaigning.

Net income, return on investment (ROI) and payback period were all positive during peak months, but negative values were obtained during lean months.

Merchants said they hoped the owners of the St. George Hotel, which houses the arcade, will consider rent abatements to get them through the lean months.

Seasonality teaches us patience and restraint during the lean months and educates our palates about what proper fruit tastes like during times of harvest.

In leaner months, Wood was a reader of new plays at George Devine's new English Stage Company at the Royal Court and thought that John Osborne's Look Back in Anger was inferior to the work of Pinero.

It said that the cuts were needed to make sure its current supply of food will last through July and August, the leanest months of the harvest cycle, and that it had received just $275 million of the $468 million it requires to feed as many as 2.3 million people in Darfur each month this year.

Many people know the trick of going on holiday during the leaner months in order to take advantage of cheaper rates.

Those leaner months often come right after the holidays, as stores hire less, lay off seasonal employees and cut permanent workers' hours to cope with slower sales.

That work is often in retail, where the holiday season is a time to put in as many hours as possible -- sometimes at multiple jobs and on holidays like Thanksgiving -- to build a cushion for leaner months.