Sentence examples for in a meager from inspiring English sources

"I try to find a suitable place to spit," he said in a meager apology.

She has never seen a doctor and, like many residents of this area, lives in a meager barter economy, seldom coming into contact with cash.

All levels of government shed workers, and hiring by companies continued to slow, resulting in a meager 18,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs last month, the Labor Department reported on Friday.

He stopped in at the sculpture studio, with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Astoria rooftops toward where Mr. Bennett grew up in a meager two-story house on 32nd Street near Ditmars Boulevard during the Great Depression.

In a meager appeasement to those calling for high skilled immigration reform, the White House laid out plans that would help those who already have H-1B visas.

By contrast, The Hurt Locker has brought in a meager $16 million, which, by Hollywood standards, makes it a downright failure (barely scraping by its production budget of $15 million).

Drinking coffee resulted in a 35percentt reduction.

Bill Shorten wallowed in a 14% approval rating.

Then add in a 23% baby boom in maternity units.

Creative gerrymandering has resulted in a 99percentt re-election rate.

There is no magic in a 36% state.