Example Sentences

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Even with that uncertainty, the meagerly funded opposition campaign conceded Tuesday morning that the measure was “almost certain” to pass.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

It matters, on a scale between micro and meagerly important, who the fifth starter is behind Gore, Gray, Cavalli and Corbin, then the sixth starter behind that guy, then the seventh starter behind that guy.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022

The vast majority are from big centers and power forwards from bygone eras, who made their livings in the post and pushed around anyone who meagerly tried to stop them.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2021

The house did not appear to have been searched, and the only thing that was missing was her white straw handbag, containing a meagerly stocked wallet.

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2016

On the contrary, I was amazed and sometimes saddened by the pride people took in jobs that rewarded them so meagerly, either in wages or in recognition.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich