Adjective, : a paltry sum. ,a paltry coward. From Dictionary.com.
This was not referring to the paltriness of the army. From Wordnik.com. [Bloggingheads!] Reference
Anything less shows paltriness and a lack of credibility. From Wordnik.com. [Amanda is on Men’s Rights Radio Today!] Reference
"My lady, that would reduce Lunarian space trade to paltriness.". From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Also Fire]
Unable to portray a Clytæmnestra, he revels in the continual paltriness of. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.] Reference
There have to be some people prepared to look beyond the paltriness of the "given.". From Wordnik.com. [Emerson and Socialism: An Exchange] Reference
Everyone is in dancer of succumbing to what de Tocqueville called “paltriness of aim.”. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Chocolate Eggs, Faith and the Democratic Party] Reference
Or would such an offering insult them, or offend them, in its lack of worth, in its paltriness?. From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
Hippo no one would think fit to include among these thinkers, because of the paltriness of his thought. From Wordnik.com. [Metaphysics] Reference
I smiled to myself at the paltriness of our efforts, for I could stand apart and watch myself making these efforts. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]
Continually get away from pettiness and paltriness of mind and thought out into the thirteenth chapter of St. John's Gospel. From Wordnik.com. [Sunday art and inspiration.....] Reference
There were quarrels soon between the King and his guest, which led to exhibitions of paltriness and parsimony common to their characters. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
What was the sudden failure, the curious weakness, the paltriness of spirit that came at the supreme moment into the heart of this hitherto strong man?. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
There came over him a look of meanness and of paltriness. From Wordnik.com. [Sons and Lovers] Reference
Of the paltriness of his ambition, he had no inward hint. From Wordnik.com. [The Elect Lady] Reference
How do I know that he will not despise my meanness and paltriness?. From Wordnik.com. [Town and Country Sermons] Reference
It is sad that Shakespeare should be credited with the paltriness of lesser men. From Wordnik.com. [William Shakespeare] Reference
All this homage helped Jared to gloss over the paltriness of their actual check. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Skylights] Reference
The paltriness of mankind is not really the takeaway point I'm getting from these facts. From Wordnik.com. [feminist blogs] Reference
At this thought, however, the paltriness of such revenge struck him with horror, and with. From Wordnik.com. [A Thorny Path — Complete] Reference
Meanness, pettiness, paltriness seem to shrink away abashed at the sight of that radiant purity. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty] Reference
A true gentleman's face is infinitely removed from all such paltriness, -- calm-eyed, firm-mouthed. From Wordnik.com. [Autocrat of the Breakfast Table] Reference
I'd go so far as to say that the paltriness of Pacino's films lately makes this the perfect moment. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
"I don't think the paltriness of the place would make his regret more ridiculous," said Lady Margaret. From Wordnik.com. [Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times] Reference
As he looked at the poor figure fumbling towards the door, he knew the humiliating paltriness of revenge. From Wordnik.com. [Clayhanger] Reference
"Most of the successful politicians nowadays win not by their own greatness but by the paltriness of the rest.". From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Scandinavian Literature] Reference
| Thu Jan. 14, 2010 10: 08 AM PST this morning was a reflexive reaction to the paltriness of the proposed bank tax. From Wordnik.com. [MoJo Blogs and Articles | Mother Jones] Reference
Yet, surely, the bitterest tragedies are those of which the central anguish is lost amid the dust of surrounding paltriness. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Baltimore] Reference
"Surely you can rise above such paltriness?" said Orlov, shrugging his shoulders in perplexity, and walking away from the fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories] Reference
I cannot hide from myself that there is a certain appearance of paltriness, as of toys and the trumpery of a theatre, in sculpture. From Wordnik.com. [Essays — First Series] Reference
I cannot hide from myself that there is a certain appearance of paltriness, as of toys, and the trumpery of a theatre, in sculpture. From Wordnik.com. [Essays: First Series (1841)] Reference
Forbid it, and forbid that their names should live except in memory of their paltriness! ". From Wordnik.com. [The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making] Reference
"I was red all over, what with shame and sorrow, but I marked that the paltriness seemed to have gone from John. From Wordnik.com. [Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories] Reference
Laura’s was inclined, at the best of times, to shrink away, keenly aware of its own paltriness and ineffectualness. From Wordnik.com. [The Getting of Wisdom] Reference
Margaret? "my friends, a world of pink paltriness awaits!. From Wordnik.com. [Pink Truth]
The paltriness of the theft revolted me. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Jasper B.] Reference
Humiliating paltriness of revenge. From Wordnik.com. [Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Persons Who Read, Write, And Speak English] Reference
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