puny

Example Sentences

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But unlike that Oscar winner, “Two Prosecutors” has a man of conscience at its center — a confident crusader who becomes increasingly puny in the face of Stalin’s Soviet Union.

From Los Angeles Times

More often, he is a reckoning, reminding us of how puny we are in nature’s schemes.

From Salon

He was so puny, you almost didn’t know he was there.

From Literature

But when his arms had turned to water and he could chop no more, he saw with alarm that he’d only managed to cut down two spindly birch saplings and a puny little spruce.

From Literature

“Who do you think she’s going to believe, lizard? A puny little nothing of a student or a teacher?”

From Literature