MEAGER in a Sentence

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Example sentences for MEAGER, such as:

1. His meager allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.
2. In his flight the sound of these following footsteps gave him his one meager relief.
3. All their meager breasts panted together, the violently dilated nostrils quivered, the eyes stared stonily uphill.

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 Meanings and Examples of MEAGER
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meager
 a.  deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble
Classic Sentence:
1  Scarlett had been restraining her appetite for hours, waiting for the return of the others and the thought of the Yankee eating their meager meal made her shake with anger.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
2  Whatever was her own in the house, everything which she had acquired aside from her husband's bounty, she caused to be transported to the other house, supplying simple and meager deficiencies from her own resources.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIX
3  In his flight the sound of these following footsteps gave him his one meager relief.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
4  The lobster was a scarlet mystery to her, but she hammered and poked till it was unshelled and its meager proportions concealed in a grove of lettuce leaves.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
5  All their meager breasts panted together, the violently dilated nostrils quivered, the eyes stared stonily uphill.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
Example Sentence:
1  As one of 17 siblings he grew up in meager conditions and frequently used cardboard to replace holes in his sneakers when playing basketball growing up.
2  His meager allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.