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Meanings of so paltry in anglès

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Usage of so paltry in anglès
1
Reuben was profoundly humiliated; he had never seen himself in so paltry a light.
The Emancipated
2
It was better to offer nothing than something so paltry.
Radio NZ
3
I cannot waste my time by calling day after day, for so paltry a sum.
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
4
In view of such an awful fire, it is easy to forget a thing so paltry.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
5
Her first occasion of arrest was so paltry that it brought discredit only on the constable.
A Book of Scoundrels
6
The power is so divine-thecauses that impel him to use that power are so paltry!
Life in Mexico
7
It seemed so paltry to mar the quiet of the place with the absurdity of a side-show.
The Masquerader
8
It should bring gasps of amazement to hear that funding for the voluntary organisation is so paltry.
The Irish Times
9
A barrier so paltry would be an insult to the blade; a black-gloved hand made a fist.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
10
The states were not willing to exchange the sovereignty over their country for so paltry a concession.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 22: 1574-76
11
There was something proudly self-respecting about her which forbade all idea of anything so paltry as manoeuvring.
The Heavenly Twins
12
Will you for so paltry a consideration deliver up the lamb into the jaws of the wolf?
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
13
For so paltry a consideration did he resign his portion of the rich spoil of the Incas!
History of the Conquest of Peru
14
It was so paltry, so contemptible.
The Daughters of Danaus
15
Norway's wolves, so paltry in number, stand little chance of re-establishing themselves with such a bounty over their heads.
The Guardian
16
Could the Honourable Company be swayed by so paltry a consideration in subjecting us to so grievous an inconvenience?
Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territ...
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