meagerly

Example Sentences

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Even with that uncertainty, the meagerly funded opposition campaign conceded Tuesday morning that the measure was “almost certain” to pass.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

The vast majority are from big centers and power forwards from bygone eras, who made their livings in the post and pushed around anyone who meagerly tried to stop them.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2021

While remote work may be entirely possible for the meagerly paid data-entry clerk, the high-living cosmetic surgeon whose Botox brow lifts have extended the acting careers of his Hollywood clients can’t work from home.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2020

When a professorship of Latin at University College London opened up, the meagerly paid government clerk and Oxford flunkout applied for the job.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2017

On the contrary, I was amazed and sometimes saddened by the pride people took in jobs that rewarded them so meagerly, either in wages or in recognition.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich