Sentence examples for paltry I from inspiring English sources

To make the wreath seem less paltry, I turned out all the other lights.

The statistics are so paltry – I read that only 17% of extras in films are women.

Aware that the promotion of the HRA had been paltry, I urged the Home Office to describe the Act as a bill of rights.

When the problem seems boundless and my efforts paltry, I focus on treating the medical illness, hoping that the diligent support workers in the hospital refugee clinic will fill in the gaps.

After both shows I was struck by how connected I felt to the world around me, and how totally paltry I was to it.

"I consider it an honor to earn my living playing football rather than through carpentry or shoemaking, and though our accomplishments on the field may be paltry, I intend to give you no quarter, and battle as if this game was the pinnacle of my career, and I expect you to do the same!" "Yes, yes, of course.

I was working in supermarkets by then, and was told I should have been 'embarrassed' by the paltry offering I made in my Tesco Extra store.

When I was younger, and broke-er, and making a depressing inventory of my paltry assets, I'd always include my Boots advantage card points.

That's a paltry sum, I know, but my main goal wasn't riches.

Yet he loved me despite the paltry one I had.

I paid £110 to enter (even though the grand international prize is a paltry £3,160), so I thought I should probably take it seriously.