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1. That evening, after a meager meal, he looked through the conceptual drafts of the plans; no harm in that, he thought, they might after all be put into his charge for the vaults anyway
2. Harry headed home after the most rewarding turn of events of the day, and that evening instead of the meager portions to which he was habituated, he treated himself to supper out
3. Drau'd and his ilk are a meager reflection of their great ancestors
4. His work force was meager enough to begin with, but now it was almost nonexistent
5. All of these precautions had been implemented in order to prevent roving gangs of outsiders draining the meager stocks of the village
6. So he split his meager army up into four groups, placing one group on each fence
7. The system was meager like A's, but metals were much more accessible
8. that nice home, car and what luxuries his meager salary afforded him
9. The slaves felt lucky if they got a clump of maggots, because it was the only way their meager portions provided enough energy
10. When all the people had gone, the man with the stick would hit me, before throwing a few meager scraps of meat into my cage
11. After our small store of rainwater was depleted, all we had to drink were the meager juices from these fish
12. As her eyes adjusted to the meager light, Nerissa made out a human shape lying by the cave mouth
13. It had grown a great deal from the thin, lank strands that illness and the meager rations on the voyage left it
14. For it was going on their second day in the cave and they had since finished the meager rations Penelope carried with her
15. Meager that you can”, he said as he walked in toward the main room on the second floor
16. only a meager million dollars in his bank account, he
17. We ate our meager rations and drank water from the oasis where we stopped, conserving our water in the goatskins as much as possible
18. “Charging is permitted, but the prices they ask for their meager services is enormous
19. Having finished his meager meal, William decided that peaceful rest was what he needed now
20. Another hour passed after his meager lunch of some berries he had gathered, William figured he had waited until two in the afternoon or so, it was now time to make a move
21. A Custer presidency means more Natives cheated of their meager supplies
22. George’s meager pile of chips had grown to a respectable mound when the club’s owner stopped by to check on the action
23. He said he had been worried that the other horse might have to go into quarantine with the resulting expenses eating up their meager profit, but that Sylvia had somehow worked magic and managed to get new documents delivered to the boat
24. Getting the direction wrong while already being lost would be a blow to their morale, let alone a waste of precious time and meager resources
25. While the taxi drivers loaded their meager luggage into the trunks of the cars, the men issued polite instructions, directed the three Poles to crowd into the nearest vehicle, while Colling was motioned into the second, and Elizabeth into the third
26. He tried to remember more of what the voice had been saying to them, but he had been utterly confounded by its meager explanations
27. They had exhausted their meager supplies and had walked without eating all that day with no sure knowledge that it wouldn’t become their last, until the final rays of the setting sun shone dimly on that which they had sought
28. The sisters, fourteen souls left in all, would ride along with the caravan carrying their meager belongings
29. “But you did,” she answered rather tonelessly, moving again into the crouched position for the meager coverage that her posture and hair had offered, as a thought intruded
30. Was it intended to carry Man from out of the natural into a contemplated realm more real than our physical reality? Might it be thought of as a life preserver to save Man and raise him up out of his meager, linear existence?
31. By the meager light of oil lamp -in his room at the temple- the priest finished writing what Elam had narrated day by day
32. Its halting restoration was assisted through meager contributions from neighbors in the “Hood
33. The rest of us—me, Tobias, Caleb, Peter, Christina, Uriah, and Cara—set out with our meager possessions along the railroad tracks
34. I feel nervous about her being here, poking through my meager possessions, shuffling down my hallways, but we can’t stay distant forever
35. Reparations to him were meager, and he turned his heart to the study and commemoration of the mission period and history of California
36. the candlelit living room, unhappily eating the meager portion of food that had been
37. Till they get the compensation, they’re depending on my meager pension for everything, she said, sounding important
38. tall and thin in the meager sunlight
39. That meager spot was the only indication that the sun still existed
40. She stood in the door and let the meager sun warm her
41. influence of their meager lights
42. Hopefully, its meager power is spent
43. as much food as she could afford on the meager budget
44. “Once all of that’s paid for, we want to start building housing for those of meager financial worth
45. Until then it was thought that only the extermination of one of the two races would end the war, but our populations had both become so meager, dispersed, and hidden, that neither side could kill the other faster than they could reproduce
46. “You know, with this meager sunlight, and as depleted as my power is, I should float here for at least twenty minutes…” he chuckled
47. The still-flailing whips of the now meager group of officers who hadn’t already joined them in their flight, proved a futile, useless gesture
48. As a meager token of our deep feelings of gratitude and joy at their return to us, we have chosen to offer you an event of companionship, celebration, and entertainment, which we have provided by organizing a great tournament in your honor
49. It was quickly produced and soon a steady stream of inmates was moving past Moshe and Yigal as they handed out the meager rations
50. With the already meager supply rapidly dwindling, he advised, “Try to stretch it out so that everyone gets something, including us,” he offered with a wry smile as he found appreciation in this peculiar conundrum