meager

Example Sentences

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The meager snowpack could mean the long drought in the Colorado River Basin intensifies again this year, Swain said.

From Los Angeles Times

New jobless claims, meanwhile, totaled a meager 200,000 in mid-January, a remarkably low number that points to the low level of layoffs in the economy.

From MarketWatch

New jobless claims, meanwhile, totaled a meager 200,000 in mid-January, a remarkably low number that points to the low level of layoffs in the economy.

From MarketWatch

Three horses, a rope to hold his long sword and his honor are the extent of his meager inheritance from the hedge knight he served until the man’s death.

From Salon

That meager bowl of cabbage broth—so bare, I wouldn’t even call it a soup—failed to satisfy my hearty appetite.

From Literature