Sentence examples for pittance and from inspiring English sources

Eritrea's national service is harsh, pays a pittance and goes on indefinitely.

The Unite union dismissed the levy as a "pittance" and "political gesturing".

Millions of rural poor growing crops for export earn a pittance and face rising prices of inputs.

The Unite union dismissed the levy as a "pittance" and "political gesturing," saying it did nothing to reform banking.

After Lehman failed, Barclays acquired Lehman's North American investment banking unit for a pittance and without all the risky baggage.

But Mr. Sun said the boss considered the amount a pittance and still declined to make him a loan.

"When we individually pay our taxes, it's just a pittance and forms a tiny piece of the whole United States budget," she said.

But local residents resent the Tajik and Uzbek migrants because "they are prepared to work for a pittance and take our jobs".

This week on CNN, Senator Rand Paul pronounced the $85 billion in mandated cuts a "pittance" and a "yawn" that is "just really nibbling at the edges".

The old model of a bank-dominated financial system that paid depositors a pittance and funneled cheap loans to exporters and manufacturers is past its sell-by date.

I realize now that creativity is less about living a hedonistic lifestyle on a pittance and more about actually creating things.