bucket

Example Sentences

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Teaching unions said they would be scrutinising the proposals closely, with one saying the money was "barely a drop in the bucket" of what was needed because of "years of underfunding".

From BBC

She took her fishing rod back to the rocks, and when she caught a fish, she dropped it in a bucket.

From Literature

With more than nine in 10 people in the region living below the poverty line in 2022, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, the effort may be only a drop in the bucket.

From Barron's

She couldn’t raise enough to buy a 44-pound bucket of rice.

From The Wall Street Journal

"If they fail - wittingly or unwittingly - then the situation will remain in the 'managed rivalry' bucket," he says.

From BBC