Sentence examples for has been puny from inspiring English sources

So far, Microsoft's share of the mobile world, in smartphones or tablets, has been puny.

The big problem, as he sees it, is that while politicians love to be "tough" on classified drugs, their response to the far greater danger posed by the most dangerous drug of all, alcohol, has been "puny".

Over his seven National League divisional series games with the Giants and 20 N.L. Championship Series games with the Pirates a decade ago, Bonds's output has been puny: only 19 hits in 97 at-bats for a.196 average with five doubles, one triple, one home run and only six runs batted in.

As Adam, he had been puny and shy of physical intimacy.

salary increases have slowed down and bonuses have been puny, and that's been reflected all the way down the executive ranks," said Warren L. Batts, a management professor at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business who serves on the boards of companies including Allstate, Cooper Industries.

Stock gains have been puny, however, compared with those in commodities.

As of now, anti-IS countermeasures on this terrain have been puny compared to the masterful manipulation by IS proselytizers.

But the nuclear rebirth has been so puny that much of that money is still available.

The average scoring output has been so puny — 20.3 points per game per team — it qualifies as the lowest average for the first two weeks of the season since 2010.

I meet Miriam Toews as she is awaiting the announcement of the Folio prize, for which her novel All My Puny Sorrows has been shortlisted.

Each complaint has been filed on behalf of puny companies against well-heeled financiers who allegedly offered desperately needed capital and then profited by short-selling of shares all in the thinly regulated world of Bulletin Board stocks.