Sentence examples for paltry a from inspiring English sources

'Graphic novel' is too paltry a term.

Mr. Mintoo laughed at the charge, saying it was too paltry a sum for him to demand of anyone.

United States officials have offered help in increasing American tourists to the islands, which officials there have said is too paltry a remedy.

Australia's politicians, conservative and liberal, concluded that the country's version of social security was providing retirees with too paltry a basic retirement check.

(6)...where "paltry", a word for "mean", just about sounds like POULTRY - "just about" perhaps accounted for by the question mark at the end of the clue.

The VCR market has a low installed-base-to-new-unit ratio, and the costs associated with VCR ownership and usage are paltry; a VCR manufacturer probably wouldn't want to make a big investment in supplying services to customers.

above rents now averaging a paltry $50 a square foot a year.

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick.

An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick.

And aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick.

China has driven global growth, which has averaged a paltry 3% a year since 2008.