Sentence examples for Very measly from inspiring English sources

While Romney was in London, the Commerce Department reported that the gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate of just 1.6percentnt between April and June — a very measly figure for what is supposed to be an economic recovery.

So it was ironic that on Sunday there was a sense of relief as the index dropped to 319 (still "Hazardous") then down to 286: a measly "Very Unhealthy".

After a couple of 'fruit' punches (containing Cockspur rum, but I didn't know that at the time), I got very trigger happy and bunged my measly dollars on whichever horse took my fancy in the parade ring.

By sending Vince Carter back to his room after one measly round, the Knicks could very well be dooming The Chosen One to a succession of first-round defeats, to a prolonged state of Grant Hill-hood.

It's all very well and good for AT&T to donate a measly million to Girls Who Code, which aims to teach a million girls computer science by 2020, as it did a few weeks ago.

Walking the street at night, meanwhile, scores a measly 6.4 out of 100 (with 100 being very safe).

If so few people do speak it, let's use that measly government grant of £150,000 that I am very grateful for, so that in 15, 20 or 25 years there'll be only 557 people who do not speak Cornish.

Despite the rising skepticism over IBM's heavily marketed Watson and companies like Foxconn reaching a measly 2.5percentt of their original ambitious automation goals, very few automation impact studies, let alone pieces that cite them in the mainstream press, seem to consider that the technical and organizational hurdles may not be as easy to overcome.

Developers have been very slow in releasing software for the N64 a full year after its introduction there are only a measly 27 games available for the machine.

"There is very little money to be accessed and it's demoralising, especially when you are competing with your friends for the measly amount that's available.

Twenty two measly minutes.