Example sentences for: penny

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

  • 95 a year and not a penny less") has produced a flood of comments, ranging from "Drop dead, you greedbags" to "My husband reads Slate over my shoulder sometimes, so here is $39.

  • 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.

  • You have not devoted one penny to ensuring the solvency of Medicare.

  • Although those present were too polite to split their sides and roll about in hysterics, they were obviously amused, for, as was explained to me, I had picked the wrong metaphor: spend a penny is a Briticism for `go to the loo,' or, as they say in America, `the bathroom.

  • A Penny for Your Thoughts?


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