Example sentences for: penny

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

  • A penny for a needle.

  • In his memoir, Ayman al Zawahiri contemptuously rejects the claim that the Arab mujahideen were financed (even "one penny") or trained by the United States.

  • [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.]

  • “A penny saved” is an indication of inadequate goal-setting behavior.

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


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