penny

Example Sentences

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“A hundred dollars a week. That’s pennies for someone like you, right?”

From Literature

“You know, our food is worth, in my mind, every penny we ask someone to pay for it,” Boatwright said.

From MarketWatch

I’m loath to close up shop and sell off the pieces of my life’s work as scrap for pennies on the dollar, but at this point, I see no other option.

From MarketWatch

The recruitment agency in Indonesia that hired Surono agreed last week to front half his salary, but he is unlikely to see another penny should he leave, Galan said.

From Barron's

She said: "We didn't have to pay a penny, so even my mum at the time thought it was a bit dodgy, but I kept begging her because all my friends were going."

From BBC