Sentence examples similar to a meager quantity from inspiring English sources

But then I typed in the meager quantities, and was shocked — 499 calories for a breakfast that didn't even include bacon or butter.

Furthermore, explains Stirling, in addition to coming ashore with meager quantities of stored fat, "the bears are now being forced to fast for even longer periods because freeze-up is coming progressively later in the fall as well".

They were given a meager diet of bread and water each day, and one regular meal every three days, although the quantity and duration often varied relative to the extent of the punishment.

We have a meager budget".

That seemed like a meager return.

And Kemp did it with a meager supporting cast.

The minimum wage is a meager $5.15 an hour.

It was a meager hit, but it worked.

innings and a meager opponents' batting average of.182.

JPMorgan wrote down a meager $339 million on C.D.O.'s.

Not failing might sound like a meager aim.