Sentence examples for Lean period from inspiring English sources

"Talk about a lean period".

The lean period has been much longer this year, and the climate shocks are more regular.

They've gone through a lean period, but it will be a tough game for us.

Either way, this is a lean period like the one that immediately follows the Oscars.

This money-spinner will help to carry Pfizer through a lean period.

After a decidedly lean period, the art and antiques dealer has it all to play for.

As ever, this year's clay-court season was a lean period for American men.

The program is quite successful helping people cope with the lean period in a cost-effective way.

In the lean period, residual NCOad reacting with the introduced NO/O2 led to the formation of N2O.

The leftwing film director Ken Loach has confessed his embarrassment at having made a McDonald's advert during a lean period in his career.

Europe, as Germany's most important export market, is beginning to stabilise after a very long lean period and Germany is benefiting from that.