Sentence examples for paltry time from inspiring English sources

She was always something of a scapegoat, but that even she is now on her way out after doing paltry time is a testament to the ongoing failure of the American legal system to mete out proportional punishment for white-collar crime.

But Nailon's displeasure over paltry playing time is what led New Orleans to cut him during the preseason.

Assuming all Bulgari minority shareholders took the offer, it would only take LVMH's debt to a paltry 0.8 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

The News Corporation enterprise now trades at a paltry five times estimates of its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the fiscal year 2012, according to Credit Suisse.

Even after several years of tipping my paltry part-time wages into their till, I was barely on nodding terms with the staff.

Assuming we do not consider "damn" an expletive, he swears a paltry three times – one fuck, two shits – and half-whispers when so doing.

Which isn't saying all that much - they've passed 300 in ODI cricket on fewer occasions than any other of the top eight Test teams, achieving the mark a paltry 22 times in 510 matches.

Maybe that's a good thing – at least my applications were up to scratch – but when you've reached the final three for six different jobs and spent most of your paltry part-time wage on travelling to London, Reading, Tunbridge Wells, Leeds and Sheffield (for one of those jobs I had to go back three times) then it quickly becomes horrific.

It trades at a paltry 0.17 times annual revenue.

Apple trades at a paltry 13 times expected profits for the fiscal year ending in September.

We note that Lenovo paid a paltry 0.18 times revenues for IBM's PC unit, possibly factoring customer losses into the acquisition price.