Sentence examples for to paltry from inspiring English sources

They may have to get used to paltry numbers.

The film opened to paltry figures in Italy over the spring.

It had held the Billikens to paltry 7-for-21 shooting, including 1-for-9 from three-point range.

But unlike jazz proper, which has long been grimly accustomed to paltry figures, smooth jazz has no reassuring claim to cultural value.

Higham says there is a danger people will leave their money in cash, subject to paltry interest rates, rather than maximising its potential.

Her clinging to paltry logic in the face of his "faith" that there are Things Bigger Than The Both of Them ill serves her, as does her slavery to all-mighty science.

Then he went on to object to the paltry compensation elementary-level educators and caretakers receive.

Corruption ranges from the billions siphoned to Swiss banks by kleptocratic elites to the paltry bribes paid to local officials.

In 2007, worldwide mobile advertising spend amounted to a paltry $1.7 billion, whereas this year it will amount to $143 billion.

Unfortunately, as the number of his "supporters" increased, the handout had to be scaled down until it was reduced to a paltry 20 rupees each.

But such riches were about to seem paltry.