Sentence examples for a mere pittance from inspiring English sources

Rue refuses to work, like George, for a mere pittance.

That, alas, is a mere pittance in the context of this year's broader lending spree.

That is a mere pittance compared with the roughly $22 million in Mrs. Clinton's campaign coffers.

"But I'm sure that these women were paid a mere pittance for their labors".

I know that these bonuses are a mere pittance relative to the bailouts that A.I.G. has received.

Washington invests a mere pittance in gifted education, and most states and local districts do even less.

"They did that in place of going to work... they were in an alley or in the street corner shooting dice for nickels and dimes, etc. (mere pittances) trying to win the little money from his Soul Brothers who might be gambling off the money [they] should take home to feed their starving children or pay their small rents, or very important needs, etc".

Then, businesses chipped in a mere $28,000, a pittance even in 1974 dollars.

The purchase price was a mere $5 million, a pittance for Café de Coral, but it's a good fit: With SNAS, it now has a local launching pad and local management to expand nationally.

Her six points were a pittance, a mere ripple in Texas A&M's tide-changing 58-46 victory at American Airlines Center.

But together they owned a mere 1.2 percent of the company, a pittance given the size of those investment companies.