Sentence examples for rather meager from inspiring English sources

I thought it seemed a rather meager repast.

The presidential candidates are paying an unprecedented amount of attention to the state, despite its rather meager seven electoral votes.

Even before I was served my glass of an excellent, dry Sancerre ($14 for a rather meager portion), I was happy.

Tom.com, analysts note, is the Internet vehicle of the elder Mr. Li's company -- a fact that seems to outweigh the portal's rather meager offerings.

"If so, wouldn't the financial benefit from the ancillary copyright be rather meager for the newspapers?" Another question is what to do about journalists, who want a share of any remuneration from the planned fees.

And two other Italian, or Italian-inspired, dishes are utterly undistinguished: a giant slab of lasagna and rather meager grilled portobello caps on a square of focaccia, with limp roasted squash.

Inevitably, some dissidents surface who want cash rather than meager dividends from an illiquid fractional interest.

Indeed, it was the audience provided by Geocities, rather than its meager revenue, that caused Yahoo to buy it for $4 billion in 1999.

Other organizations have reported similar poll results in recent weeks, encouraging optimism that February would finally be a breakthrough month, producing more than 100,000 new jobs rather than the meager 21,000 reported yesterday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Rather, it's a meager resource on which she and her daughter currently depend.

Outnumbered and faced with very vocal opposition, the Golden Dawn protestors opted for a large cab (all that was required for their meager turnout) rather than going to all the trouble of marching across town.