How to Use penny in a Sentence

penny

noun

• One last thing: Now is not the time to be penny wise and pound foolish.
  — Jon Greenwood, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
• The cost to collect a dollar has been three-tenths of a penny.
  — WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
• In other words, your child will need to save $100 to earn one penny.
  — Kerri Anne Renzulli, wsj.com, 22 Nov. 2023
• None of this year’s new helmets packs as much punch per penny as the 4Forty Air.
  — Ryan Labar, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
• The sound was reedy and sparse, like somebody scraping a penny across a hair comb.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
• Little Rock never had to pay a penny for the kiosks, Stodola said.
  — Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2023
• This mask will cost you a pretty penny, but the payoff is worth it.
  — Sam Peters, ELLE, 14 Jan. 2023
• Spend your new pennies, and save the old ones for preserving your blooms.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2024
• That’s a good thing, except for those few who still bet on penny stocks.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022
• Guests can snag a burger for a penny with any purchase through the Wendy’s app for four days from Sept. 18 to Sept. 22.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• Hold a bake sale, candy sale or car wash, or just bring in all your pennies.
  — Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2023
• Prices are now less than a penny cheaper than last year at this time.
  — Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 July 2024
• His contract gave him half a penny for each record sold.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
• In my club’s penny game, South won the first heart with the king, led a diamond to dummy’s king and let the eight of trumps ride.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
• Some of the items are coming in at a pretty penny for most buyers.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2023
• The usual warmth had given way to a meat-locker chill, but the penny game was still on.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
• And once that task was accomplished, what to do with so many pennies?
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
• This is a great shoe and, in my opinion, worth every penny.
  — Braelyn Wood, Health.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• Go full prep with penny loafers and socks or try lug-sole boots for some punk contrast.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 July 2022
• Don a pair of black rimmed spectacles and penny loafers from your wardrobe to complete the look.
  — Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 12 May 2022
• The team used the findings to build penny-size jumping robots.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Aug. 2022
• The fund is from a penny tax levied on Airbnb rentals along with general revenue from the city.
  — al, 25 Dec. 2021
• As a child Jünger gorged on westerns and penny dreadfuls.
  — Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
• One of the guests, Stephen Colbert, paid Fallon in pennies, dumping a bucket of the coins all over him.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
• Some suggest adding a penny to the sales tax to match neighboring cities.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• According to the New York Times, a farmer could sell one egg for a penny or 12 for a shilling (which equaled 12 pennies).
  — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
• Every penny raised from this will go directly to Cory and the kids.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2022
• This sleek wall of subway tiles with matching grout is the perfect foil to the shower frame and penny tile floor.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 5 May 2023
• The Raiders are now looking to put this behind them after dealing Adams for what is pennies on the dollar.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
• As online shopping booms, so too has the problem of merchandise returns that end up in landfills or get sold in bulk for pennies on the dollar.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024