Sentence examples for in leaner from inspiring English sources

That did not stop watchmakers from flooding the market with exorbitantly priced models, the ubiquity of which became a source of scorn when the global economic crisis ushered in leaner times and tastes.

The effects become more pronounced in leaner mixtures.

Blake knew the restaurant's eponymous owner in leaner times.

In leaner times for Vietnam, children would make their own.

Some birds hide seeds to recover in leaner times, for example.

In leaner times, the once-united Broncos fan base seemed to become divided.

Do you have any sense of the role of fashion in leaner times?

But if the new formula becomes the standard, it could harm the city in leaner times.

Internationalist in trade when it had suited, in leaner times Britain had contracted into protectionism.

Even in leaner years, she never let on to us kids, or let it dim her enthusiasm.

But in leaner times it makes no sense, says Burnham, to make the NHS compete with private firms.