Sentence examples for what paltry from inspiring English sources

The movie cagily clutches its cards to its chest the better to build up what paltry suspense it can generate.

For one thing, the ONS demonstrates that what paltry recovery there has been in manufacturing so far – George Osborne's "march of the makers" – has been overwhelmingly concentrated in a single sector: transport equipment.

Even if the F.E.C. eventually rules against Wal-Mart, the case underscores what a paltry deterrent election law provides.

What about that paltry sum he received back in the 1960s?

WORST: Nonregistry selection is paltry; what couple wants a $10 gift certificate to Dean & Deluca?

But chasing what seemed a paltry total, England were soon under pressure, losing both their openers cheaply to West Indies' promising, new-look attack.

Now I don't want to discuss what I consider paltry numbers.

Several residents criticized the city for giving what they describe as paltry protection for artists who need affordable space to work and live.

Many owners of small businesses in Lower Manhattan have complained bitterly about what they call the paltry packages of government aid for businesses struggling to stay alive since the Sept. 11 attack, and about application processes they find onerous and filled with delays.

Some African-American supporters of Mr. Bush are in fact aghast at what they call a paltry speaking list, and find it astonishing that the same Republicans who are trying to woo black voters -- and to portray the party as tolerant in the hopes of winning over moderates -- would come up with it.

I was lucky and then I just tried to put it in the far corner.' Ljungberg may have been an enigmatic talent when he first moved from his native Halmstads to Highbury, another of Arsene Wenger's astute signings for what now seems a paltry £3 million.