Sentence examples for meager in from inspiring English sources

The offerings were exceptionally meager in two sales this week.

"The expectations of growth are at best meager in the largest economies".

Raises will also remain meager in 2010, even if prices start rising again.

Brinson lost many important clients because its returns were meager in comparison with the explosive growth of technology stocks.

BP's revenue from gasoline sales is meager in contrast to the tens of billions of dollars it earns from oil exploration and production.

A Lackluster Month For Job Growth Job growth was surprisingly meager in October, a sign that executives have begun to worry about high energy prices.

She was born in 1934 and grew up in meager circumstances in Ukraine, which was whipsawed by the brutality of Stalin's repression and Hitler's invasion.

Mrs. Grey grew up in meager circumstances in spots that included, she said, a Quaker community in North Carolina and an Indian reservation in Oregon.

For example, in the recent campaign against Ebola in West Africa, China contributed a meager $120 million in aid and doctors, despite its outsized economic and business interests in Africa.

A $100 investment in OGX last September would now be worth $180, compared with a meager $80 in Petrobras and $113 in Brazil's Bovespa stock index.

The net income has grown from a meager $700,000 in 1997 to $5.9 million in 1998 and is expected to top $9.3 million this year.