| 单词 | penuriously |
| 例句 | His Scrooge only penuriously emits words; his replies are begrudgingly uttered to instantly nip conversation in the bud. Review: Tony-winner Jefferson Mays, a virtuoso working solo, brings ‘A Christmas Carol’ back from the dead - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Generally, schools hire two kinds of adjuncts: the penuriously trapped who rely on their table-crumbs pay and those who have incomes elsewhere. Adjunct professors fight for crumbs on campus In Lexington he had bought himself a "snack," but because he was penuriously hoarding his small capital, he spent with a stinting hand and pushed onward unsatisfied. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Heathcote had not played; nay, he had lived almost penuriously; but in a few weeks all his resources were nigh exhausted, and no favorable change had occurred in his fortunes. One Of Them According to Chalmers, the British government penuriously refused to pay the cost of the golden horseshoes. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia He lived so penuriously that his income must have accumulated for many years. The Manor House School She was willing to make every sacrifice but that, and if she were only allowed to remain there, did not care how penuriously she lived. The Explorer At last he was obliged to go home and assist his father, who treats him almost as penuriously as he would have done Harry. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia In that petty middle-class, narrow-minded and penuriously pretentious, which was the main factor of Cullerne life, he possessed considerable influence and authority. The Nebuly Coat And yet how penuriously were we living until we came to this cottage! The Phantom Ship It requires considerable loggitation when a man has penuriously saved a circumscribed sum from the sweat of his brow.” The Debtor A Novel Everything seemed to be out together—all the things crowded into one month which in England are spread penuriously over six. The Enchanted April If they have no private fortune they live more penuriously than the poorest labourers in Chartres. The Cathedral And yet how penuriously we were living until we came to this cottage! The Phantom Ship Thus in order to hoard up a little more for two able-bodied young men, here was a bent, aged man living penuriously and alone, his only companion being a beautiful and evidently much petted donkey. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne He was unfortunate; and when he died, my mother came down, and lived penuriously enough, I knew not how till I grew older, down in that same suburban street. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Wood brings water, and if things were so satisfactory, why did they penuriously hive and distribute the element? Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia He had said a great deal, he had even bared himself in spots; yes, how penuriously hadn't he scraped up the least little thing that might vindicate him in the slightest degree! Shallow Soil He lived penuriously, denied himself even necessaries, and carefully treasured his hoarded savings. The Englishwoman in America Martine herself lived at Sainte-Marthe, in a retired corner, so penuriously that she must be still saving even out of her small income. Doctor Pascal Stop not here, nor penuriously cheat yourself of your reversions. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia The deacon had the reputation of living very penuriously, and Abram Fish, who once worked for him and boarded in the family, said he was half starved there. Helping Himself He lived penuriously, and toiled at professional study night as well as day. Eve's Ransom |
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