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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What’s more, California’s current $330 million is puny compared to what other states spend.
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 20 May 2025
The rally in May is puny, though, compared to previous somewhat similar periods and that’s what El-Arian is noting in his comments.
—John Navin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Most of the major relationship milestones and potholes happen offscreen between the seasonal vacays, leaving us to find entertainment and meaning in the puny aftershocks.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 2 May 2025
And that means something in a Hollywood that now caters to puny screens and punier visions, outsourcing the finer mechanics of action filmmaking to the visual-effects department.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 20 May 2025
The rally in May is puny, though, compared to previous somewhat similar periods and that’s what El-Arian is noting in his comments.
—John Navin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Most of the major relationship milestones and potholes happen offscreen between the seasonal vacays, leaving us to find entertainment and meaning in the puny aftershocks.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 2 May 2025
And that means something in a Hollywood that now caters to puny screens and punier visions, outsourcing the finer mechanics of action filmmaking to the visual-effects department.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
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“Puny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puny. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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