pittance in a sentence

Examples

1. They were met by Kirk Boott and given a pittance.
2. Anyone could buy a computer for a relative pittance today.
3. First they give a pittance to the students for their living expenses.
4. At flea markets, retired diplomats sell off family heirlooms for a pittance.
5. "Travel writers make an absolute pittance, " she said.
6. Even in capital cases, lawyers in many jurisdictions are paid a pittance.
7. Castro, in turn, hands the workers a pittance in worthless pesos.
8. Hard-line activists say that is a good start but a pittance.
9. And who bought these stocks at a pittance and sold them for bundles?
10. Individual shareholders usually get only a pittance from any class-action settlement.