How to use "meager" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "meager" in popular movie and book plots

  • ) Krome and JoLayne depart the island in the remaining boat, leaving Chub behind with some meager supplies.  - Lucky You (novel)
  • Police disperse an organized street demonstration of elderly men demanding a raise in their meager pensions.  - Umberto D.
  • He clasps the mother's arms and pulls them aside to see "a meager babe, the lower part of its body thrust into an old bonnet.  - Redburn
  • He also donates large sums from the meager store income to treat the Swamiji's hydrocele condition.  - Fire (1996 film)
  • New local crime boss Fran McCarg (Edmond O'Brien) wants a percentage of the band's meager earnings.  - Pete Kelly's Blues (film)
  • He agrees to spend a day with Frankie in exchange for the meager payment Lizzie can offer him.  - Dear Frankie
  • Later, when Bart looks at his meager collection of trophies in his room, Lisa offers to help him practice.  - Dead Putting Society
  • After her mother's premature death, Ellen, who is only eleven years of age, takes charge of the meager household finances.  - Ellen Foster
  • He packs his meager belongings and moves out.  - Young Adam (film)
  • At first, Spaz is very hostile towards Ryter, when Spaz arrives to "rip-off" (steal) Ryter's meager possessions.  - The Last Book in the Universe
  • They all live in extreme poverty and earn meager salaries.  - Sorcerer (film)
  • The only problem is that in the middle of Harnam singh's land lie Shambu's meager two bighas of land.  - Do Bigha Zamin
  • Following her release from prison, Hester settles in a cottage at the edge of town and earns a meager living with her needlework.  - The Scarlet Letter
  • Writer Mary Hope and painter Rachel Morrow scratch out a meager existence on a farm (called Amarna) on the Oregon coast.  - A Gift Upon the Shore
  • He and Sonny are among the meager group attending the final screening at the movie house, which is closing down.  - The Last Picture Show
  • Four years later, Chuck has adapted to the meager living conditions on the island, having become adept at spearing fish and making fires.  - Cast Away

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