Examples of puny in a Sentence
I wouldn't mess with him—he makes bodybuilders look puny in comparison.
We laughed at their puny attempt to trick us.
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No man can give me any word but Wait ,
The puny light .
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A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just single-handedly turned today’s sizeable selloff into something much more puny.
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
But these would seem puny compared with some of the snake species that slithered on Earth millions of years ago.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 28 Jan. 2025
Looking at the entirety of his career, these little critical riddles are pretty puny.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just single-handedly turned today’s sizeable selloff into something much more puny.
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
But these would seem puny compared with some of the snake species that slithered on Earth millions of years ago.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 28 Jan. 2025
Looking at the entirety of his career, these little critical riddles are pretty puny.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Puny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puny. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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