How to Use penurious in a Sentence
penurious
adjective- The penurious school system had to lay off several teachers.
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An earnest rebuild is underway, but like all before it, the success will be in spite of penurious ownership.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021
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The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is so penurious that its annual health spending per person could not buy a copy of this newspaper.
—The Economist, 9 Jan. 2020
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Three percent is probably more than most of our readers received in raises, but by federal standards it’s penurious.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2017
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Even critics concede that to cast blame solely on penurious corporations is to ignore a bigger picture.
—New York Times, 11 June 2019
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The penurious nicotine levels proved frustrating and costly for South Korean vapers.
—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2020
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Ms. Wolf’s script contains passages describing the penurious daily existence of Vincent, who never sold a painting in his lifetime.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2017
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Chevron didn’t seek money damages, allowing it to avoid the case being heard by a jury (which might have favored a lone lawyer, however compromised, and his penurious clients against a major corporation).
—Paul Barrett, Bloomberg.com, 16 May 2017
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Preller never stops maneuvering, and has taken full advantage of the passive and penurious franchises.
—Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
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The penurious Patriots pass defense has surrendered just four touchdown passes while picking off 19 passes.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2019
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Through all the muck and carnage, all the pendulum swings between penurious and privileged milieus, there is a sympathetic human protagonist whose struggle becomes our struggle.
—Katey Rich, HWD, 26 Feb. 2017
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Yet this old, penurious India had an asset that was essential for harmony in a nation of several hundred million people with multiple religions and languages.
—Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2017
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Jobs in universities, media, publishing, and think tanks offered former bohemians and penurious toilers money and social status.
—Pankaj Mishra, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
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Magical thinking, ideological gobbledegook, and penurious inhumanity.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 29 Sep. 2017
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