Pennies is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pennies meaning
- plural of penny
- An unspecified, but very small amount of money.
Using Pennies
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of penny | An unspecified, but very small amount of money.
- In the example corpus, pennies often appears in combinations such as: pennies on, for pennies, of pennies.
Context around Pennies
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pennies
- In this selection, "pennies" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, few, hoard, extra, grow, especially and overall stand out and add context to how "pennies" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a few pennies on every and a few pennies overall. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pennies" sits close to words such as aberration, af and akbar, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pennies
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Peas became a symbol of coppers or pennies. (8 words)
A recording artist made a few pennies on every record sold. (11 words)
Grocery prices have a lot of families trying to pinch pennies. (11 words)
Even though it’s priced fractionally higher than many of the sub-£10 proseccos crowding the shelves of corner shops and supermarkets, it’s totally worth a few extra pennies for the excellent quality on show here. (37 words)
One of the challenges facing us is the current climate we're in, the market is very challenging, with people not buying as much beer as much as they're saving their pennies. (33 words)
The staff were friendly as always and if you like live sport, then this menu is the perfect way to save yourself some pennies while grabbing a pint and a bite to eat. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
For a while the copper in US pennies was worth more than one cent, so people would hoard pennies and then melt them down for their metal value.
A recording artist made a few pennies on every record sold.
Even though it’s priced fractionally higher than many of the sub-£10 proseccos crowding the shelves of corner shops and supermarkets, it’s totally worth a few extra pennies for the excellent quality on show here.
Finding the best interest rates for savings helps those saved pennies grow.
For people feeling the strain of the cost of living crisis, a free bus pass is a great way to save pennies, especially if you rely on public transport for getting around.
Grocery prices have a lot of families trying to pinch pennies.
In the film, the sisters play convenience store clerks who stumble on a pickup truck full of pennies in the desert, leading them on an adventure through a supremely silly, surreal world.
Literally, for pennies on the dollar, we can remove a crushing weight holding down many families to get them back on track.
NDP advanced education critic David Eggen says the announcement is pennies on the collar compared to the cuts and increased costs students have faced under the UCP.
One of the challenges facing us is the current climate we're in, the market is very challenging, with people not buying as much beer as much as they're saving their pennies.
Peas became a symbol of coppers or pennies.
Read on to see how you can save some valuable pennies.
Resilient and savvy Aussies have passed around their favourite tips and tricks, some more normal than others, in a bid to help others save some pennies through the colder months.
She is raising money for children's charity Acorns where onlookers have the option to donate some pennies if they stop at the display.
She’s the anti-poverty campaigner and food writer who shot to fame by teaching us how to make the most of our pennies.
So it is cheaper to buy the standard tin - by a few pennies overall.
That’s just pennies on the dollar, a cost of doing business, and it’s no incentive to make it safer,” Brown said.
The company is expected to enter bankruptcy and taxpayers will likely receive pennies on the dollar for the loan given to the company, less than half of which has been repaid.
The staff were friendly as always and if you like live sport, then this menu is the perfect way to save yourself some pennies while grabbing a pint and a bite to eat.
The treasure was mainly comprised of Edward I and II pennies, although it also cotained some English, Irish and continental silver coins.
Common combinations with pennies
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pennies on 20×
- for pennies 16×
- of pennies 11×
- pennies and 9×
- pennies in 9×
- the pennies 7×
- few pennies 5×
- pennies for 5×
- pennies to 5×
- some pennies 4×