Sentence examples for more than meager from inspiring English sources

In solidarity with her compatriots in concentration camps, Weil, who was sickly all her life, refused to eat more than meager rations, virtually starving herself.

Hundreds of acres of wetlands have been restored through these means -- which are really no more than meager imitations of nature's inclinations.

Governor Houstoun sparred again with Howe, refusing to grant him more than meager militia support.

After six meals of this more than meager fare I began to lose my appetite for even a single bite of pollo y papas.

German economic growth has come to a complete stop, and forecasters expect nothing more than a meager recovery next year.

The expectation that I'll be able to participate in a discussion of professional sports that requires more than a meager understanding of the Steelers' record last year.

Otherwise, a read of the speech might have suggested that he was offering nothing more than a meager, warmed-over selection of stale ideas.

Not only do the vast majority of elderly Chinese have little more than their meager savings, but today's workers have pensions so measly as to be irrelevant.

But according to India's Planning Commission, which is charged with measuring such things, anyone spending more than that meager amount is considered to be above the poverty line.

Wages have effectively shrunk for most workers, as rising costs for food and fuel have more than absorbed meager increases in pay.

The friends were seeking to earn more than the meager, regulated interest paid on bank deposits, currently 3.5 percent for a one-year certificate of deposit — a rate so low that, with 6 percent inflation, bank deposits actually lose buying power.