Sentence examples for some meagre from inspiring English sources

Is not the man in the foreground, he whose head is resting with exhausted resignation on the heel of his hand, and whose other hand claws at a beautiful naked corpse whose leg hangs over that of another, as if to give some meagre comfort to the naked dead, the very embodiment of doomed pessimism?

After all, in a visible nod to the pair's desperation, the man had erected a tent on Dudley High Street to give him and his pet some meagre shelter when he was rather callously taken in on suspicion of vagrancy and separated from his furry friend.

It is sticky and in maturity often clings to the upper part of the stipe, or may have some meagre remnants hanging from the cap margin.

Zaimondos After some very meagre seasons in AFL East, expectations are low and optimism is even lower.

Chickens confined to cages in Europe now have to have more space and some rather meagre recreational diversions.

Charlie siphons some of his meagre earnings to her; Andais figures it out.

This year I'd like to skip buying a few boring drinks out and save some of my meagre income for a good theatre ticket every now and then.

Neither did I feel that this was some necessary, if meagre, first step for me: learn with and from my first novel, grow in confidence, then "become a novelist".

But unlike developed countries where personal income tax generates a sizeable chunk of revenue, most Afghans scoff at the idea of giving the government some of their meagre earnings.

But for some, it is a meagre morsel of whimsy that fails to sate the appetite.

Going by its dividend-yield, Wall Street has looked pricey for some time, offering a meagre income of just 2%.