How to Use "paltry" with Example Sentences
- 1. Although public investment has risen , it remains paltry .
- 2. Bilateral trade between the neighbours is paltry .
- 3. John mccain , mr obama 's rival for the presidency , wants to suspend america 's relatively paltry tax on petrol , to secure lower prices for angry drivers .
- 4. The appetite for gold arises partly from the paltry , uncertain returns from more conventional investments .
- 5. But such safe alternatives as bonds or money market accounts offer only paltry returns .