Sentence examples for paltry and from inspiring English sources

It sounds paltry, and is.

The facts were paltry and absurd.

Wages were paltry and hours were grueling.

But how shallow, paltry and mean-spirited has this German reaction to the euro crisis been!

Test match attendances in most places are paltry and becoming paltrier.

Whatever he succeeded in putting on paper seemed paltry and inadequate.

A working-class hoodlum, Gary kills a baby, goes to prison (with its "dirty glamour attaching to/Insane and paltry acts") and is courted by powerful people.

After that, make up the difference between the insurance company's paltry "reasonable and customary" fee schedule and the actual fee.

Every cough and every cancer screening, every paltry catch and shrimp missing an eye raises the question – is it BP?

The walking assist device weighs a paltry 6.2lbs and wraps around the waist and thigh.

Those are huge numbers and could mean the difference between a paltry paycheck and a big fat one.