Example sentences for: penny

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

  • It was a low-class, penny ante affair, therefore an excellent opportunity for immigrants and blacks.

  • A penny for a spool of thread,

  • When 74-year-old Penny Sweat was evicted from the HUD-subsidized Glendale Senior Housing in Salt Lake City last month, she moved to a nonsubsidized apartment at five times her previous rent because she was unaware of her rights.

  • [Note to non-British readers: spend a penny is a British idiom meaning go to the lavatory, obviously a reference to the ubiquity of pay toilets.]

  • In fact, I did not receive payment from anybody--not one penny.


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