Meager Sentence Examples

Dean kept quiet about his meager half-breakfast.

Did he know how meager her savings were?

Camping equipment would be fine for her meager cooking needs.

She opened the cupboards and glanced over her meager supply of canned goods.

Beyond possessing those meager details, wife and stepfather were clueless.

The truth of his words made her last meager attempt at resistance melt.

We conveyed the meager information to a national tip line, fearing it might be too little too late.

Before making his phone call, he ordered a Coors just to get a feel for the place and adjust his eyes to the meager light.

That would supplement her meager savings, and she could be with the twins.

There were more important things to think about at the moment - like how she was going to support a baby on her meager wages.

So, far from reaching that point the pessimists foretold—where we have exhausted the meager resources of earth and find ourselves dwindling away—something entirely different is happening.

She looked at our meager supply of coins and hurried back to the checkout counter.

Betty had murmured something about jogging, kissed him on the nose, wiggled on her meager duds and left the tent, with the flap open just enough to admit the predawn chill and a red glow that would soon be sunrise.

The general health of the men was not helped by the meager rations that they were allocated.

Stomping harder, he tried to plant the spikes, as if gravity would bow to so meager a hold against its forces.

Oxfam 's reputation in tatters - all for a meager £ 100,000.

There is little seed in the region to plant, and what meager harvest is expected will not arrive until August.

I mean offering only three large chips is pretty meager in my opinion.

It collapsed during the earthquake, leaving them and their meager belongings to be soaked by Indonesia's relentless rains.

Our own rather meager English greetings seem skimpy, if not impolite, to the African ear.

Jamaican international Walter Boyd, linked with a summer move to Southampton, is the club's leading marksman with a meager seven goals.

That is, the historical evidence to answer the kinds of questions that we pose to Scripture is often very meager.

Even their contact was rather meager at the time of our study, however.

All of them are, for a long period, extremely meager and scanty.

He clutched at his chest and gave a strangled cry as the slave brought the meager rations into the cell.

Any wait staff, doorman, valet or other employee in the service industry knows that tips increase their sometimes meager salaries.

Then if the government adds to your retirement income, their contribution will be a bonus, not a meager, sole source of income.

The meager beginnings of the series dates only as far back as 1997 with the release of Pokemon Red and Pokemon Green for the original Game Boy system.

The region is heavily planted with Pinot Grigio and while seemingly a varietal with meager personality, the wine is one of Italy's most popular.

Lean wines have meager or lacking fruit flavor characteristics.

Paul Mitchell was founded in 1979 with a great idea and a meager budget and has thrived over the years.

Not every Sephora stores carries the entire Anastasia line, but these items can also be obtained online for a meager shipping charge.

The pay is not great but if your creations are unique and gripping, regularly winning poetry competitions can create a steady but meager stream of income.

Kutcher's meager output for 2010 isn't anything compared to the array of flicks that won Jessica Alba the Worst Supporting Actress Razzie.

Don’t let the meager $160 price tag fool you.

Where does it come into play with its meager one-and-a-half inches?

Shoes with red soles may not seem terribly common or in great demand, but don't let the meager description fool you.

It is common for the first year to render a loss and the second to make meager profits.

The selection is meager and limited to the sort of inactive graphics you'll want to use for newsletters and stationary, but these options are also available for no cost.

Syd Barrett(guitar), Nick Mason(drums), Roger Waters(bass; formerly George Waters) and Rick Wright(keyboards) played for 5 hours for a meager £15!

Comics have come a long way since the meager beginnings of DC and Marvel.

The lieutenant motioned for Dean to follow into his office at the end of the hall where Anderson reiterated the meager details of the Byrne case.

If you're purchasing a stock system, bring some extra cash to pick up some speakers as most stock systems are packaged with meager, lame-sounding speakers.

The portions aren't meager, and it's by no means food that will whittle your waistline.

Britney, the one who shells out for everyone's payroll, not to mention lawyer's fees (for both her and Kevin) and has to pay $25,000 for some mysterious audit at Jive Records is allowed access to a meager $1,500 per week of her own money.

For these have need of such comforts more than the knights, being in sooth weary meager wights and forlorn.

The secret is that a little extra time in preparation and selection of ingredients makes a meager meal magnificient.

While both images offer a meager glimpse of cruise travel, they do not show the entire picture.