Sentence examples for like a penny from inspiring English sources

At the Statue's unveiling, in 1886, it was brown, like a penny.

It starts out gold in color but darkens, much like a penny, as it ages.

And many of the unrefined salts had a detectable metallic smell, like a penny or rusty nail.

He adds that "It will look like a penny loafer when you put it on in the morning, but when you go to play racquetball at lunchtime, it will turn into a court shoe".

He adds that "It will look like a penny loafer when you put it on in the morning, but when you go to play racquetball at lunchtime, it will turn into a court shoe". One size fits all.

One national newspaper suggested shoppers may deploy complicated schemes to game the system, but that would require them to value the time it takes them to devise such strategies at, well, pennies.The demise of the penny could conceivably cause future generations to struggle with the meaning of phrases like "a penny for your thoughts", "cost a pretty penny", or "the penny dropped".

That looks like a penny-wise, pound-foolish strategy.

It's like a penny-farthing without the big front wheel; in fact it's less of a folding bike and more of a collapsible bike, but it's the best-looking of the bunch and it's a clever design.

There are plenty of near-miracles in medicine, but Miravant looks more like a penny-stock promotion than a magic bullet.

Tencent has more than 600 investments, while Alibaba has around 400 — totals that almost make Japan's SoftBank look like a penny-pinching slowpoke".

When your pals are shelling out for fancy meals or pricey cocktails, it's easy to feel like a penny-pinching drag -- or like you need to up your credit limit to stick around. .