PALTRY in a Sentence
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14 example sentences for PALTRY, such as:
1. I have a horror of a paltry wedding.
2. Student grants these days are paltry, and many students have to take out loans.
3. The books he received for review were almost more welcome than the paltry cheque.
4. You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this.
5. My voice had an accent of forced bravery in it and I was ashamed of my paltry stratagem.
2. Student grants these days are paltry, and many students have to take out loans.
3. The books he received for review were almost more welcome than the paltry cheque.
4. You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this.
5. My voice had an accent of forced bravery in it and I was ashamed of my paltry stratagem.
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Meanings and Examples of PALTRY
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paltry
a. insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
Classic Sentence:
1 These infinitesimal distinctions between man and man are too paltry for an Omnipotent Being.
2 My voice had an accent of forced bravery in it and I was ashamed of my paltry stratagem.
3 The books he received for review were almost more welcome than the paltry cheque.
4 The counterpane and hangings of the bed, the window curtains, the little carpet, and all the ornamental textile fabrics in the room are oriental and gorgeous: the paper on the walls is occidental and paltry.
5 The man who has never heard, the man who has never uttered these absurdities, these paltry remarks, is an imbecile and a malicious fellow.
6 I have a horror of a paltry wedding.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER ...
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER ...
7 I know you are not rich, Madame Coquenard, and that your husband is obliged to bleed his poor clients to squeeze a few paltry crowns from them.
8 Now, when any vicious simpleton excites my disgust by his paltry ribaldry, I cannot flatter myself that I am better than he: I am forced to confess that he and I are on a level.
9 You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this.
10 Danglars has sacrificed them to the selfish consideration of gaining some thousands of paltry francs.
11 It suddenly seemed to me that this commonplace, prosaic tea was horribly undignified and paltry after all that had happened, and I blushed crimson.
Example Sentence:
1 They believe they're playing a zero-sum game, where both must compete for the same paltry resources.
2 Student grants these days are paltry, and many students have to take out loans.
3 One hundred dollars for a genuine imitation Rolex watch! Lady, this is a paltry sum to pay for such a high-class piece of jewelry.