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Meanings of meagerness in inglés
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Examples for "leanness"
Examples for "leanness"
1
Meanwhile, athletes are far more prone, especially in sports that emphasize leanness.
2
The ladies of the harem gazed upon my leanness with commiserating wonder.
3
Old Dr. Kendal, six feet of leanness doubled up in an arm-chair.
4
It had its desire, and as a consequence, 'leanness in its soul.'
5
The earth was the Lord's and the fulness thereof; also the leanness thereof.
1
Lucy wondered at the scantiness of Mrs. Burgoyne's musical memory that night.
2
The general sterility of Media arises from the scantiness of the water supply.
3
But this scantiness of information need not cause us much regret.
4
With clothing, as with food, the usual tendency is towards an improper scantiness.
5
The action reminded me of the scantiness of attire in which I stood arrayed.
1
Then we cripple their efficiency through the meagreness of their pay.
2
That he looked miserable-thathe was thin to meagreness, I had not seen.
3
And somehow the simple melody helped to conceal the meagreness of the childish words.
4
Then he had apologised for the meagreness of the meal.
5
They were present to me now, but coolly and sanely in all their meagreness.
1
The poorness of his play was accentuated by the brilliance of Joe's.
2
I never could see no 'poorness of spirit,' come to git at 'em.
3
The poorness of the subject and the richness of the price shocked her profoundly.
4
I am taught the poorness of our invention, the ugliness of towns and palaces.
5
He apologised first for the poorness of the entertainment, saying that he had done his best.
1
His jaw fell; there was a remarkable exiguity about the coat which was inexplicable.
2
He would rank with Wolfe; indeed, considering the exiguity of his means, his feat would surpass that of Wolfe.
1
Her satin dress was a mere sheath, so conspicuous by its severity and scantness that every one in the dining-room stared.
Usage of meagerness in inglés
1
The poor child flushed painfully while admitting the meagerness of her wardrobe.
2
The outstanding notes of his boyhood had been poverty and meagerness.
3
Oh, the poverty of mortal mind, the sad meagerness of the human soul!
4
It is almost shames me as to the meagerness of the gift I bring.
5
Peter had a glimpse of its poverty and its meagerness.
6
Perhaps its meagerness had killed it- Isawtraces of less than a dozen buildings.
7
It does not relish living perpetually on the ragged edge of a scant, uncertain meagerness.
8
The meagerness of that reply told it all.
9
The meagerness of my output was beneath remark.
10
The latest reports of the New York State Department of Labor reflect the meagerness of the supply.
11
The creative power inherent in every child's mind filled out the meagerness of the setting of them.
12
This is proved in the behavior of the committee and in the meagerness of the public's interest.
13
Why shouldn't she want life's fullness instead of life's meagerness and its breadth instead of its bigotries?
14
I thought Marguerite could not fail to see the meagerness of Leeson's inner life, and I was wrong again.
15
When Elsa had begun housekeeping for the men she had protested over the meagerness and the simplicity of the food supplies.
16
She could not improvise ornaments and graces; and, when she came on, the unusual meagerness of her style astonished the audience.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Meagerness through the time