Sentence examples for for puny from inspiring English sources

But they're all long hair, slightly unwashed with a worrying disposition for puny vests.

When she requested cost estimates for fabric, she would get price sheets for puny quantities: five to 10 yards.

But now, the idea of Cathy dying of a broken heart and haunting Heathcliff (trying to, as Kate Bush put it, grab his soul) seems less appealing, especially because it all comes from her betraying Heathcliff for puny, sallow Edgar.

He wants to make a big, dangerous bet for puny stakes.Progress on yuan revaluation has been disappointingly slow, though it is not, so far, out of line with the progress observed in the first year of the 2005-08 appreciathat that ultimately translated into a 20% rise in the yuan against the dollar.

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Both Thea and Sara Lance managed to avoid their Game Over screens by way of Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus Pit, Felicity seems to deflect bullets thanks to the protective plot shielding, and Oliver Queen is simply a bad, bad man who has no time for puny stab wounds, blood clots or robot bees traipsing around his respiratory system.

When he founded the magazine, Mr. Peters, who had just finished seven years in the Peace Corps, instituted a program that called for young writers to work for positively puny wages.

Big spending cuts included a 25% reduction in public-sector wages, which are high for a few, puny for most.

In 1965, all federal government spending accounted for 18.4% of GDP, with federally-financed health spending accounting for a puny 0.6% of GDP.

But the field is as tilted as anywhere; for the puny opposition the goalposts are continually moving.The sport also lacks suspense.

The ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages (which accounted for a puny $107m of the total) defies any attempt at rationale.