| 单词 | paltriness |
| 例句 | The report includes an understated, but nonetheless pointed, criticism of the paltriness of scientific literature about North Pacific odontocetes species from the Oligocene epoch, which lasted roughly from 33.7 to 23.8 million years ago. Ancient dolphin cousins with odd teeth hint at echolocation evolution 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Yet, Mr. Scholz’s prudence, evident in the slowness and paltriness of German weapons delivery to Ukraine, can look like weakness. Italy’s Crisis Redoubles European Foreboding 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z "It is a moment for all of us to work together without paltriness," he added. Colombia withdraws controversial tax reform bill after mass protests 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z It’s from scenic constraints that visual metaphor arose, from the paltriness of special effects that dramatic poetry learned to dazzle. Commentary: How to define theater in the digital era? I'll know it when I see it 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Second, the paltriness of the legal effort is a dead giveaway of the real game. Opinion | There sure is evidence of fraud. Just not the fraud Trump is ranting about. 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z But experts also note the figure’s paltriness relative to competitors. Traditionally unhip CBS is trying to become cool — and change the future of digital entertainment in the process 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z In a year in which the two marquee Tony categories resemble each other in the paltriness of their competition, a critic is permitted to do some hand-wringing. Tony Award nominations reflect an anemic year for original ideas. Here's a critic's take on the bright spots 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z He was outspoken in meetings and confident in his value, arguing with Moyer once over the paltriness of his pay raise. How Roger Goodell became the most powerful man in American sports 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z And it is this diminished America, this America made small, that must now reckon with a world that is bewildered by our paltriness—and petrified by it. Who Shrunk America? 2013-09-05T08:45:00Z But perchance when the prince sees how fair thou art, and how sweetly thou dost sing to thy lute, he may overlook the paltriness of thy offering. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z The story of Helen and Menelaus, but disfigured into a caricature of its original by the paltriness of the characters and the vulgarity of the incidents. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z And therein is reflected the moral, even religious, enthusiasm which raised the struggle above the paltriness of a rebellion against taxation to a great human movement,—a war for an idea. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z And so he was, child; he had a mind above the paltriness of such a place as this,—of course he had: he never would have been a popular man anywhere, never. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z This will perhaps seem too much to many people, who are inclined to call our generation wretched and paltry, as though they had some inner knowledge of the magnificence or the paltriness of generations gone. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z The opportunity of contrasting the paltriness of earth with the sublimity and reality of the unseen was too great to be resisted. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I Often her mind went back to her childhood days; for this woman was far above the paltriness of being ashamed of her origin, as Monsieur Voltaire was. Francezka The mail was very late this time: hence the paltriness of this note. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) And Anna had been hurt, had been made miserable, by the paltriness of this fib. The Benefactress It is sad that Shakespeare should be credited with the paltriness of lesser men. William Shakespeare Tales of the uprising of Klondike and South African cities, once amazing, fade to paltriness in the opinion of one who has seen the teeming city of Marichchikkaddi. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Meanness, pettiness, paltriness seem to shrink away abashed at the sight of that radiant purity. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty For half-an-hour Uncle Dan listened, highly diverted, to the chatter of the girls, and it never once occurred to him to remember the meagreness and paltriness of their condition. A Venetian June The very shabbiness and paltriness of the fib made Anna's heart yearn over the poor lady. The Benefactress It seems to me the more we see of His power as exerted on our little earth, the more do we realise the paltriness of our conception of the stupendous Might that upholds the Universe.” Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago He soon outgrows this, and is disheartened because too many people notice it, and he imagines that all see the paltriness of it as plainly as he does. Pipefuls She had brought his goal within sight, only to beset it with delays and difficulties whose very paltriness it seemed to him he could not endure. The Forbidden Trail As he looked at the poor figure fumbling towards the door, he knew the humiliating paltriness of revenge. Clayhanger There were quarrels soon between the King and his guest, which led to exhibitions of paltriness and parsimony common to their characters. Heroes of Modern Europe Though Mr. Gladstone was never by any means unconscious of the hum and buzz of paltriness and malice that often surrounds conspicuous public men, nobody was ever more regally indifferent. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 The following passages may be worth quoting: "Most of the successful politicians nowadays win not by their own greatness but by the paltriness of the rest." Essays on Scandinavian Literature “Slips of this sort are made by those who, aiming at brilliancy, polish, and especially attractiveness, are landed in paltriness and silly affectation.” On the Sublime They had in common, she found, a certain paltriness; most of them had been overtaxed by easy burdens; but this man's aspect conveyed suggestions of a long struggle with a burden beyond all strength. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories "Surely you can rise above such paltriness?" said Orlov, shrugging his shoulders in perplexity, and walking away from the fire. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories Oh! shame! shame! upon the littleness, the meanness, the paltriness of such jealousies; of the worries that come from them. Quit Your Worrying! "No evil fate," said Beethoven, "can befall my music, and he to whom it is become intelligible must become free from all the paltriness which the others drag about with them." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 Slips of this sort are made by those who, aiming at brilliancy, polish, and especially attractiveness, are landed in paltriness and silly affectation. On the Sublime How do I know that he will not despise my meanness and paltriness? Town and Country Sermons The paltriness of the theft revolted me, Mr. Cleggett, and I determined to bring this person to justice. The Cruise of the Jasper B. Not only the cruelty, but the paltriness of character of the gods believed in by earlier centuries also strikes later centuries with surprise. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature The paltriness of conventional denial was so apparent to him that even if it could have delayed discovery he could no longer have resorted to it. The Reef There came over him a look of meanness and of paltriness. Sons and Lovers The cause was paltry in one sense, but nothing to which belongs the name of Cause can fail to mingle the element of awfulness even with its paltriness. Stephen Archer and Other Tales Of the paltriness of his ambition, he had no inward hint. The Elect Lady There were a ferocity and a cruelty there which were quite in keeping with the paltriness and meanness which he had already evinced. The Living Link The moment brought new understanding of the paltriness of words. The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love I tell you, I am filled with a blissful contempt for your divine paltriness; and I choose the abyss of destruction for a perpetual resort, where the devils Judas and Pharaoh are cast down! Hunger All this homage helped Jared to gloss over the paltriness of their actual check. Under the Skylights The vices and paltrinesses of the individual could not be directly remedied; inherited maladies and those brought upon one's self, stupidity and folly, brutality and malice, undeniably existed. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth The reason of their lofty-mindedness was, that they were high lifted above the petty tumults, carping cares, and paltrinesses of the decks below. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War Unimportance -- N. unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality. triviality, levity, frivolity; paltriness &c. adj.; poverty; smallness &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases It was strong evidence, from a quarter in which I least looked for it, of the utter paltriness and insufficiency of fear as a motive when brought to bear upon decisions in spiritual things. Bits about Home Matters But within ten minutes it is finished: he shivers, his false strength changing to paltriness, the waves washing now over his head; and now he is drowsing…drowning… The Lord of the Sea At once the sky was overcast, the ways were woebegone; he shrank within his new garments, and endured once more the feeling of personal paltriness. The Crown of Life Waythorn was exasperated by his own paltriness, but the fact of the tie expanded, forced itself on him, became as it were the key to Alice's past. The Descent of Man and Other Stories The mass of women have always been paltry creatures, and their paltriness has proved a curse to men. The Odd Women I cannot hide from myself that there is a certain appearance of paltriness, as of toys and the trumpery of a theatre, in sculpture. Essays — First Series But his Prussian Majesty would not kindle the world for such a paltriness; and so left it hanging in a vexatious condition. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 But from Amy every paltriness and meanness had always been concealed with the utmost care; Mrs Yule did not scruple to lie heroically when in danger of being detected by her daughter. New Grub Street Yet, surely, the bitterest tragedies are those of which the central anguish is lost amid the dust of surrounding paltriness. Lady Baltimore All the four winds are brave, and not the less brave because, on their way through town, they are betrayed for a moment into taking part in any paltriness that may be there. The Colour of Life; and other essays on things seen and heard |
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