PUNY in a Sentence
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10 example sentences for PUNY, such as:
1. Our efforts look puny beside Fred's.
2. In addition, he expects inflation to remain puny because we have so much unused capacity.
3. She was of that puny sort which remains backward for a long time, then suddenly starts up rapidly.
4. He felt that he and his companions were being taunted and derided from sincere convictions that they were poor and puny.
5. She spoke of her farther as somewhat delicate and puny, but was sanguine in the hope of her being materially better for change of air.
2. In addition, he expects inflation to remain puny because we have so much unused capacity.
3. She was of that puny sort which remains backward for a long time, then suddenly starts up rapidly.
4. He felt that he and his companions were being taunted and derided from sincere convictions that they were poor and puny.
5. She spoke of her farther as somewhat delicate and puny, but was sanguine in the hope of her being materially better for change of air.
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Meanings and Examples of PUNY
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puny
a. insignificant; tiny; weak; of inferior size, strength
Classic Sentence:
1 He seated himself on a wooden bench, with his back against a decrepit vine; he gazed at the stars, past the puny and stunted silhouettes of his fruit-trees.
2 It is remarkable that the stature of this population should have diminished in the last fifty years; and the populace of the suburbs is still more puny than at the time of the Revolution.
3 All these young, maniacal, puny, merry incoherences lived in harmony together, and the result was an eccentric and agreeable being whom his comrades, who were prodigal of winged consonants, called Jolllly.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
4 She was of that puny sort which remains backward for a long time, then suddenly starts up rapidly.
5 Then, too, he was a puny little chap; and so he had been left behind in the race, and that was why he was sore.
6 He felt that he and his companions were being taunted and derided from sincere convictions that they were poor and puny.
7 Then he was gone; and the door was locked outside; and I was lying, fevered and hot, and torn, and sore, and raging in my puny way, upon the floor.
8 She spoke of her farther as somewhat delicate and puny, but was sanguine in the hope of her being materially better for change of air.
Example Sentence:
1 In addition, he expects inflation to remain puny because we have so much unused capacity.
2 Our efforts look puny beside Fred's.