pennies

Example Sentences

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Begum and other women in the village earned only pennies selling their wares after borrowing to buy supplies from a local vendor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Another small market has incredible herbs for pennies.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

As it was a timber LLC based on large quantities of land, it had previously been agreed that if you exited, you would receive pennies on the dollar per acre.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

In at number one, though, is a force who made the £80m Real Madrid coughed up to prise him from Manchester United in 2009 look like pennies.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

A few pennies and dimes were on the floor, but the quarters, the nickels, the five-dollar bill, and all of the single dollars were gone.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia