meagerly

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

Without it, the white population, including those who identify as more than one race, would have dropped last year by more than 85,000 people instead of growing meagerly by more than 388,000 residents, or 0.1%.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2023

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

And Katie Miller’s set — its shelves meagerly stocked with Luvs, cling wrap, crackers, Crystal Light, knockoff-brand cereals and other essentials — hits just the right note of woebegone naturalism.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2015

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