exiguity

Example Sentences

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He would rank with Wolfe; indeed, considering the exiguity of his means, his feat would surpass that of Wolfe.

From The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 by Lespérance, John

Obviously, the gravitational tie, rendered powerless by exiguity of matter, was here replaced by some other form of mutual action, the nature of which can as yet be dealt with only by conjecture.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

The exiguity of those legs is a most promising earnest of your future exploits, and demonstrate your agility, virility, salubrity, and amorosity; ha, ha, ha.

From The Politician Out-Witted by Moses, Montrose Jonas

Thus it is observed that when such matters occur in other countries they become extinct spontaneously through lack of attention and exiguity of interest.

From A Traveler’s Narrative by `Abdu'l-Bahá

No lean-jowled, hungry-looking devotees, living in exiguity and droning in exinanition their prayers,––not by any means.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares