How to Use paltry in a Sentence

paltry

adjective

• At the time, there were paltry first-run films to play.
  — Jake Coyle, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2024
• The game ball goes to the Bomber defense, which gave up a paltry 94 yards.
  — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2023
• Much of that has been due to the Royals’ paltry records.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2024
• That $5 in savings might seem paltry, but don't knock it.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2024
• But this may come at the expense of a weak trunk and paltry root system that cannot support the canopy.
  — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
• Snow there has been so paltry this winter, that even Nashville – 700 miles to the southeast of the Twin Cities – has had more.
  — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
• In other words, last month’s paltry jobs total may have been a blip.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
• That is paltry compared with last year, when the main lodge received 220 inches of snow.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• For most of a sloth’s nutritional needs, a paltry diet of leaves will have to make do.
  — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
• But, even if true, these are relatively paltry cracks in the façade.
  — Ian Johnson, CNN, 12 Oct. 2022
• All things are too small because each of us can only be one paltry person at a time.
  — Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
• It’s that, if the claims in the Adidas case are true and the relatively paltry amounts mentioned are any guide, Zion Williamson got jobbed.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 7 May 2021
• The writing is staid and corporate, the photos are stock, and the engagement is paltry.
  — Brandon Carter, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2023
• As for men and country airplay overall, the growth is paltry but noticeable over the past 20 years.
  — Marcus Dowling, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2021
• The author sees climate change as an imminent threat to which the response has been paltry.
  — New York Times, 23 Nov. 2021
• To many analysts, that paltry showing explained why he had been allowed to stay in the race.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
• Days go by; the paltry sunlight shifts here and there, her outfit changes, yet her dull demeanor remains.
  — Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2024
• Seven Royals players stole at least 20 bases that year while the team home run leader was Amos Otis with a paltry 18.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
• The Angels only needed to sign Ohtani to a minor league contract and pay him a paltry bonus of $2.315 million.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The film will open outside the top five after earning a paltry $1.1 million on opening day.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
• Even creators who garnered millions of monthly views said the Fund paid paltry sums.
  — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
• The show started out in black and white, the big board was really primitive and the winnings were truly paltry.
  — Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021
• The other sections are not even open, given the paltry demand for tickets.
  — Tariq Panja James Hill, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• For a time the municipal tax base was so paltry that Elliston turned its lights off.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Aug. 2021
• What paltry water dribbles out from deep beneath the arid earth is salt-laced, cracking their hands and leaving streaks in their clothes.
  — Lynsey Addario Victoria Kim, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• That’s good news for Mid-Atlantic ski resorts after rather paltry amounts of snow last winter.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
• And those paltry residual checks the humans have been sharing?
  — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
• The giant duo of Davis and Bam Adebayo off the bench proved key in the victory, helping limit Jokić to a paltry 6-of-19 shooting night.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 18 July 2024
• For more than a decade, though, the trade-off for keeping that cash safe and at your fingertips was a paltry interest rate—or no return at all.
  — Martha C. White, wsj.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• The current Dodgers employed five different starters who combined for a paltry 21.1 innings.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Nov 2024