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How do you use Penurious in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like impecunious or penniless, plus the exact meaning.

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Penurious in a sentence

Penurious meaning

  1. Miserly; excessively cheap.
  2. Not bountiful; thin; scant.
  3. Impoverished; wanting for money.

Synonyms of Penurious

hard up impecunious in straitened circumstances penniless pinched poor parsimonious stingy ungenerous

Related words

Other words often associated with Penurious or its synonyms:

mean cheap near chintzy beggarly skinny close bony lean pitiful nasal skeletal

Using Penurious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Miserly; excessively cheap. | Not bountiful; thin; scant. | Impoverished; wanting for money.
  • Useful related words include: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless.
  • In the example corpus, penurious often appears in combinations such as: and penurious.

Context around Penurious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 32.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

worst 1×

Often after:

statistics 1× brother 1× ickes 1× ways 1×

Sentence patterns with Penurious

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and his penurious ways but 1× cautious and penurious ickes won 1× of the penurious and underprivileged 1× s worst penurious statistics 1× susanna and penurious brother in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

besides these prospective 1× her sister charlotte 1× the cautious and 1× the white sox 1× why must we 1×

Common sentence endings:

decrease their problems 1× ireland in 1796 1× owner s consent 1× public works administration 1× worst penurious statistics 1×

Words around Penurious

Just before it in the word index:

penumbral 11 penumbra 32 penultimate 252 penult 4 pentz 8 penty 10

Just after it in the word index:

penury 23 penutian 2 penwell 3 penwith 4 penwortham 8 penybont 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Penurious

  • In this selection, "penurious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, worst, statistics, brother and ickes stand out and add context to how "penurious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and his penurious ways but and cautious and penurious ickes won. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "penurious" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with penurious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The cautious and penurious Ickes won out over the more imaginative Hugh S. Johnson as chief of public works administration. (20 words)

Why must we not reflect the views of our people on the land that is making their country to post some of the planet’s worst penurious statistics? (28 words)

Besides these prospective projects and programs, Mr. Javed Fiyaz is also tangled in some other kind movements, as it is his nature to satisfy the complaints of the penurious and underprivileged and decrease their problems. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

Her sister Charlotte's remarriage in 1798 to the pamphleteer Ralph Broome caused her and her father further consternation, as did the move by her sister Susanna and penurious brother-in-law Molesworth Phillips and their family to Ireland in 1796. (41 words)

The White Sox players all intensely disliked Comiskey and his penurious ways, but were powerless to do anything, thanks to baseball's so-called "reserve clause", that prevented players from switching teams without their team owner's consent. (38 words)

Besides these prospective projects and programs, Mr. Javed Fiyaz is also tangled in some other kind movements, as it is his nature to satisfy the complaints of the penurious and underprivileged and decrease their problems. (35 words)

Question examples

Why must we not reflect the views of our people on the land that is making their country to post some of the planet’s worst penurious statistics? (28 words)

Example sentences (5)

Why must we not reflect the views of our people on the land that is making their country to post some of the planet’s worst penurious statistics?

Besides these prospective projects and programs, Mr. Javed Fiyaz is also tangled in some other kind movements, as it is his nature to satisfy the complaints of the penurious and underprivileged and decrease their problems.

Her sister Charlotte's remarriage in 1798 to the pamphleteer Ralph Broome caused her and her father further consternation, as did the move by her sister Susanna and penurious brother-in-law Molesworth Phillips and their family to Ireland in 1796.

The cautious and penurious Ickes won out over the more imaginative Hugh S. Johnson as chief of public works administration.

The White Sox players all intensely disliked Comiskey and his penurious ways, but were powerless to do anything, thanks to baseball's so-called "reserve clause", that prevented players from switching teams without their team owner's consent.

Common combinations with penurious

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "penurious" in a sentence?
An example: "Why must we not reflect the views of our people on the land that is making their country to post some of the planet’s worst penurious statistics?" This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "penurious" from authentic English texts.
What does "penurious" mean?
Penurious means: Miserly; excessively cheap.
What are synonyms of "penurious"?
Common synonyms of "penurious" include: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched, poor, parsimonious, stingy. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "penurious" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "penurious", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.