Sentence examples for had paltry from inspiring English sources

Ms. Snyder started an audiobook division of the institute that had paltry sales but regularly employed her family members.

China and India have paltry shares.

Other sports such as horse racing, tennis and boxing have paltry pension benefits.

They promised a much higher rate of return than traditional low-interest bank savings accounts, which have paltry annual yields of barely 2%.

Though it has paltry revenues and just 20,000 registered users, the company pays only $8,000 a month to rent its offices in San Francisco and has received $8 million from investors.

Like many young companies in the biotechnology industry, Coley Pharmaceutical Group (10.5, COLY) has paltry revenue ($16 million last year) and no hope of profits for the next few years.

"Of course we've had copycats, but they tend to take too much risk or not enough," says Fink. "The ones that take on too little risk have paltry returns and the more aggressive ones we call them kamikaze funds tend to have so little capital actively invested that they can't survive two months of bad performance".

The House bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has paltry public support and could be difficult to pass in the Senate.

Those with a 401(k) have paltry savings, an average of $18,433, only enough to provide a retirement check of $104 a month – somewhat less than Novak's $1.3 million a month.

Born into a modest, working-class household, in north London, in 1946, Moon had a paltry education.

"They will just say, 'We were acting on orders.' " Mr. Dillon acknowledged that Indonesia had made paltry progress so far.