Examples of puny in a Sentence
I wouldn't mess with him—he makes bodybuilders look puny in comparison.
We laughed at their puny attempt to trick us.
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Steve Rogers grows up in Brooklyn as a puny but resolute child.
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Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
In comparison, Mars has only a tenuous atmosphere and small patches of a puny magnetic field.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026
Effectively a heavy qaudracycle, the original model offered a puny 17 horsepower (13 kW).
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026
But the rent roll was puny, and few tenants could have paid more even if rent stabilization had allowed for it.
—Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
In comparison, Mars has only a tenuous atmosphere and small patches of a puny magnetic field.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026
Effectively a heavy qaudracycle, the original model offered a puny 17 horsepower (13 kW).
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026
But the rent roll was puny, and few tenants could have paid more even if rent stabilization had allowed for it.
—Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for puny
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“Puny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puny. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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