Sentence examples for little leaner from inspiring English sources
So we are gradually getting leaner government, much leaner in some areas, a little leaner in others.
"Now, I'll be a little leaner and a little meaner.
"BP has an opportunity to become a little leaner and meaner by selling some of its noncore assets on the periphery and emphasize the deepwater production".
Together, Shelby Coffey and David Laventhol, a demonstrated corporate player, suggested a new mood at the Times, a little leaner and maybe a little meaner, a little more market-oriented.
Ideally, it would be a little leaner on fat and sugar, perhaps with a little fruit in it, and some wholewheat or grain (such as coarse cornmeal or oats), and in its look appear a little simplified.
Noted venture firm Kleiner Perkins is getting a little leaner.
The hickory-smoked pork spare ribs bear no resemblance to the little lean baby-backs offered elsewhere.
Compared with other for-profit exchanges, the ICE board and senior executive suite is a little lean on people with high-profile regulatory credentials.
The sound of the band is arid, compressed, a little lean, so that each strategic embellishment — a funk-informed bass line, a coughing fit of distorted guitar — displaces molecules in the air.
Climbing to a clearing on the top, I would settle into the shade of the little lean-to I had built, wash down my lunch with Macallans, and read until I fell asleep.
According to Keys, the Neapolitans, for instance, ate only a little lean meat once or twice a week, but ate bread and pasta every day for lunch and dinner.
