paltry

Example Sentences

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Phil Taylor, director of the charity Open Seas, described the fine as "paltry".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Though each home’s energy generation is capped at a relatively paltry 800 watts, their sum total across the country equates to a large power plant, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But no candidate ever had much more than a paltry 20% support; for all the heavy breathing, the race was always pretty much a multi-candidate tie.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

McDonald’s Chief Executive Chris Kempczinski had taken what social media mocked as a paltry nibble in a video promoting the chain’s new Big Arch burger, or “product,” as the CEO called it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

A week, a mere seven days, a paltry one hundred sixty-eight hours remained till their deadline.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai