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Example sentences for: meager

How can you use “meager” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In the meantime, we can take only meager pride in achieving a society in which interracial marriage is safe, legal and, alas, rare.
But on Monday, Lott was, in the NYT 's words, "recalibrating" his views by now blaming Starr's meager results on the White House.
Reviewers also seize the opportunity to imbue Shakur's meager oeuvre with an aura of James Dean-ish tragedy.
With the harvests of its Hida mountain district too meager to contribute taxes to the national treasury, the town sent instead its skillful artisans (Hida no takumi) to help build the temples and palaces of the imperial capital.
My favorite example: eToys, which brought in a meager $2 million in sales during its first year of business, sold more than $24 million worth of toys during last year's fourth quarter alone.