Sentence examples similar to a meager surplus from inspiring English sources

The $700-million surplus that Gov. George Deukmejian has the absurd intention of giving in a meager tax rebate should go to schools and education, which is what most people are demanding.

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.

If there's an ongoing recovery, but a meager, tentative one at that?

Why is someone with such a meager salary squandering it on a nose job?