Sentence examples for To be paltry from inspiring English sources

Perhaps Chavez figures the repatriation of national assets is a better bet in the long-term, or maybe it's part of his current effort to step up his own oil production, which is said to be paltry compared to the levels under the previous government.

When the yield over time turns out to be paltry, the folks who are impacted most are the unwitting original investors across the multicultural landscape whose dutiful payments into pension plans have lost value.

But light-deprived vines tend to be paltry-looking as well as flowerless.

Most surrogates are idealistic women who dream of helping childless people become parents, and payments to them are paltry as opposed to the risks, discomfort and hardship they incur.

Partly because of concerns related to nuclear nonproliferation issues, American military sales to India have been paltry.

Green groups said the ambition shown by countries to reduce emissions was paltry.

Certainly the share of South Africa's 45 million people who have online access -- estimated at one million to two million -- is paltry.

In Slovakia, doctors have taken similar umbrage at what they consider to be a paltry pay offering from the government.Earlier this autumn more than 2,000 Slovak doctors began to resign en masse, complaining that they were grossly underpaid.

They were initially impressed with Sainsbury's speedy response to their plight – but were then shocked by what appeared to be a paltry payout when compared with the estimated £36,000 to £48,000 that many other high street retailers would have paid out as a death-in-service benefit if Davis had been working for them and been earning the same salary.

This is why, in reality, consumers added $590 billion to their savings last year, while the government reported total consumer savings to be a paltry $100 billion.

President Enrique Peña Nieto's approval rating is nearing single digits and the the economy is performing anaemically, with 2017 economic growth predicted to be a paltry 1%.