Sentences with word «measly»

Besides, I run into so many people who's credit scores are beat up because of measly $ 15 medical collection that the borrowers didn't know about.

This discovery, one of the greatest archeological finds of its day, brought a succession of European explorers — British, Russian, German, French — who took their pick for measly sums.

This always happens, if my husband really likes something, it's game on, and I'm usually left one with measly little piece, and in this case one pitiful (yet juicy) strawberry.

Allwinner unveiled the cheapest laptop in the world, priced at measly $ 79 if purchased in bulk.

Then you get measly yearly raises.

I went to the Eurogamer expo last September and whereas most games have several TV's and consoles lined up ready for you to test and enjoy the games, Soul Suspect had one measly little stand with a video running and a couple of guys promoting the game.

However, if the breakout occurred on measly volume, it only takes one bout of institutional selling for the breakout to fail because supply would easily overwhelm demand if breakout volume was light.

Since we have been in one of those periods, Kitces said retirees thinking about retirement now could be vulnerable to a decline or just measly returns.

To compare this relatively measly amount being spent (if this information is true) is laughable.

As ninety percent of the returns are derived from the starting interest rate, it's fair to assume that bonds will indeed offer measly returns going forward.

I had always been a saver, but it was earning measly interest in the bank.

For the entire game Brock Berlin looked about as accurate as Bobby Brady when he drilled Marcia in the nose, they had held Miami to 3 measly points for 58 1/2 minutes and they STILL lost.

The 2001 original was a commercial and box office success, while its 2004 sequel «Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason» scored measly reviews and has a score of 27 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Which makes one wonder, why would the Cleveland Browns, who have won one measly game in two years decide to sign 33 year old Drew Stanton for over $ 4M in guaranteed money to be the backup for Tyrod Taylor and the mentor to Sam Darnold or Josh Allen?

Wells Fargo offers HSAs for free, but only allows you to keep your funds in cash, earning a very measly interest rate, or invest them in rather mediocre and expensive Wells Fargo mutual funds.

If you're looking for a basic indoor multi-directional antenna, this 1byone indoor antenna ($ 13) is one of the most popular indoor TV antennas on Amazon, thanks to its 25 - mile range and measly price tag.

No reason Noel can't average almost 7 for a few measly weeks.

A few measly minutes of alone - time here and there.

My main point is this: don't give up your risk control discipline to make a few measly bucks.

Tthe rewards rate is 1 % on all purchases; while measly compared to what we see with the top business credit cards, many secured credit cards actually don't provide any rewards at all.

I mean, there's only four measly tablespoons of butter, a half cup of heart healthy peanut butter, brown sugar instead of white and the ganache is vegan!

Have you been training hard and can't seem to drop that last five measly pounds?

Tthe rewards rate is 1 % on all purchases; while measly compared to what we see with the top business credit cards, many secured credit cards actually don't provide any rewards at all.

If I were you, I'd go with the larger brownie for 1 measly extra point.

Most humiliating of all, Albany only agreed to extend mayoral control of schools for a single measly year at the close of the last legislative session in June.

Oh well I guess it's another problem that Xbox One users will have to put up with until the eventual update which will allow the use of external storage, providing of course it isn't as measly has the 32 GB maximum forced upon us on the Xbox 360.

Mayoral control of schools extended for a single measly year.

The guy only had one measly start in his first four seasons in the NFL and he was still able put up really good numbers as a backup, including eight sacks in 2012.

David Cameron helps himself to breakfast in Helmand — a rather measly helping for a man shouldering the yolk of Tory splits, but then, he's got to keep the sunny side up.

In other words, just one measly hour PER WEEK of the Ab Targeted Solution Protocols, over the course of just 7 days, produced what would take up to 6 hours of traditional cardio or aerobic exercise.

The 3MP camera sounds a bit measly on paper - we'll see how it fared under testing later on.

They'd be like «He's only won one measly cup in 10 years??

There was a pretty measly premium on offer, anyway — so I suspect even a protracted bid battle wouldn't have produced an acceptable take - out price for shareholders.

He may think the crate is way too scary and he isn't interested in risking life and limb for a few measly treats!

But the other great thing you notice is that one measly sale makes a significant difference on your chart rating, promoting your book thousands of places up the scale.

Second, very short term CDs also offer very measly rates, almost equivalent to a savings account.

He incurred a comparatively measly fine of $ 656,000 from the Federal Trade Commission in October for failing to properly report his investments in the company.

Mathieu Dufour, an economics professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, is among those who are troubled by the disparity between measly wage gains and galloping increases in corporate profits.

Arsenal are hosting Stoke City at the Emirates this Saturday and it is vital that the Gunners get their first home win to banish the memory of our first two measly efforts, but Stoke are not going to lie down and just give the points to Arsenal.

You can find upgrade kits lying around to improve them, too, plus there are some heavy weapons for when measly bullets just aren't enough.

As always with iPhones, iPhone 8 doesn't shine in the battery numbers, It has an 1821 mAh juice pack, which definitely sounds measly in the world of 4000mAh batteries.

Yep, for one measly US dollar (or the equivalent) you get 8 new and devilishly tricky levels as well as a new Infinity Mode!

On the one hand, it seems fairly clear that a company's negligence put me at risk and $ 400 seems like measly recompense.

If we can have days off for Hanukkah and Christmas and the such, I think we can surely fit in 2 measly days of Islamic Holidays.

I made this tonight and doubled the recipe so I could have leftovers and I only have a few measly pieces left because it was SO good!

But honestly, just the two measly ingredients of bananas & egg are perfection.

We've had NO snow days this winter so far (knock on wood) and only have a few measly inches on the ground but this brutal cold is making this winter really hard.