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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Most of these colleges have relatively puny endowments.
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Emma Whitford, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
Maintaining the status quo of puny connections is the least desirable outcome.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2018
The volume of noteworthy art is greater than ever before, and our list, even at a monumental 100 works, with some 15,000 words of copy to accompany them, looks puny in comparison.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Health Care The second-worst sector over the past 12 months was health care, up a puny 4.6%.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Emma Whitford, Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
Maintaining the status quo of puny connections is the least desirable outcome.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2018
The volume of noteworthy art is greater than ever before, and our list, even at a monumental 100 works, with some 15,000 words of copy to accompany them, looks puny in comparison.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Health Care The second-worst sector over the past 12 months was health care, up a puny 4.6%.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Puny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puny. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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