Adjective : a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest. ,a body meager with hunger. From Dictionary.com.
These situations reveal the meagerness of my character. From Wordnik.com. [VII] Reference
As she bent to plump the pillow, she frowned at the meagerness of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
Do not feel discouraged at the meagerness of the results you now obtain. From Wordnik.com. [Japan Will Turn Ablaze!] Reference
Not of how hungry he was, but of the meagerness of the rations they carried. From Wordnik.com. [Here Abide Monsters]
They are free of the meagerness and nasty tannins that can beset lackluster Bordeaux years. From Wordnik.com. [A Refreshing Bordeaux] Reference
Barmecidian in their meagerness, and the sister, under his sordid supervision, followed his miserable example. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
Obama is bored by real work and he is perfectly willing to take credit for a product despite the meagerness of his input. From Wordnik.com. [On David Remnick, Jack Cashill, and the authorship of “Dreams From My Father”] Reference
Irwin plays her punching bag George with appropriate meagerness but also a sardonic edge that gives his acerbic retorts genuine bite. From Wordnik.com. [Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf? Edward Albee’s Masterpiece Takes the Stage at the Ahmanson] Reference
And so as he listened, in the meanness and meagerness of his soul, he kept thinking, "I will let her down easy -- no need for a scene.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Because of their isolation and the meagerness of their ecclesiastical stipend, the Pachomian sisters had had to make their oasis as self-supporting as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates]
Darkness provides us with a therapeutic limit-experience, illuminating the meagerness of human resources for experiencing, understanding and communicating the divine. From Wordnik.com. [Rev. Amy Ziettlow: Understanding The Truth Of Advent By Acknowledging The Reality Of Death] Reference
Watching Nevare persist in doing nothing for himself other than accept the meagerness thrown at him rather than be proactive was akin to driving slowly past a horrific car wreck. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
The meagerness of the rural school curriculum 58 3. From Wordnik.com. [New Ideals in Rural Schools] Reference
The meagerness and triteness of the music and piece astonished me. From Wordnik.com. [Records of a Girlhood] Reference
Oh, the poverty of mortal mind, the sad meagerness of the human soul!. From Wordnik.com. [Mince Pie] Reference
The outstanding notes of his boyhood had been poverty and meagerness. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision Splendid] Reference
I was so troubled by what seemed the meagerness of my wardrobe and the lack of everything. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit Of ——— Street 1898] Reference
The creative power inherent in every child's mind filled out the meagerness of the setting of them. From Wordnik.com. [Jean-Christophe, Volume I] Reference
I am confirmed in my view that the cavils at the meagerness of our contribution are not well grounded. From Wordnik.com. [Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851.] Reference
Why shouldn't she want life's fullness instead of life's meagerness and its breadth instead of its bigotries?. From Wordnik.com. [The Tyranny of Weakness] Reference
American could have fancied himself blushing for the meagerness of his country's share in the Great Exhibition?. From Wordnik.com. [Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851.] Reference
The paleness of his cheek increased, the languor of his frame, the meagerness of his form, the inability of his nature!. From Wordnik.com. [Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story] Reference
Among the men of the first eminence at the bar whom the meagerness of the salary has kept off the bench may be mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [The American Judiciary] Reference
When Elsa had begun housekeeping for the men she had protested over the meagerness and the simplicity of the food supplies. From Wordnik.com. [The Forbidden Trail] Reference
What is here said of the plan of the Acts explains still more strikingly the meagerness of the record of the third journey. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of St. Paul] Reference
In fact they agree in having a relative meagerness of theistic differentiation, but in some important points they are far apart. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
It was a dwelling place of unusual pretentiousness for that land of "Do-without," where inexorable meagerness is the rule of life. From Wordnik.com. [A Pagan of the Hills] Reference
We recognize its meagerness; we see in it the timidity of politicians; but beyond and through all, we see a promise of the future. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years] Reference
The vocabulary is unsatisfactory, not only because of its meagerness, but because most of the terms are unimportant for comparison. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
The meagerness of the funds allotted for the ReadyReturn program reflects the strength of its political opponents, Mr. Chiang said. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Technology] Reference
We were very much disappointed at its meagerness, and especially that the boundary did not include a port in the Gulf of California. From Wordnik.com. [Building a State in Apache Land] Reference
We recognize its meagerness; we see in it the timidity of politicians; but beyond and through it all, we farther see its promise of the future. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference
His hair is lank and uncared for; his russet smock, tied in at the waist, wants brushing; his untidy cross-gartered hose shows up the meagerness of his legs. From Wordnik.com. [Once on a Time] Reference
The night wind, bitter from the water, met him as he went, driving through the meagerness of his clothes, and still he smiled, cherished his mood like a treasure. From Wordnik.com. [Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories] Reference
And they proceeded to enjoy themselves in the necessarily quiet and limited way imposed by the littleness of their present world and the meagerness of the resources. From Wordnik.com. [The Price She Paid] Reference
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