The quality of being meager.
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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 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 .
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.
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