| The very shabbiness and paltriness of the fib made Anna's heart yearn over the poor lady. |
| Perhaps it's just that the power of the wind and rain remind me of the paltriness of the original irritation but I never fail to feel renewed by such weather. |
| I checked out and went home to reassume my whole-body suit of paltriness and immediately felt much, much better. |
| Meanness, pettiness, paltriness seem to shrink away abashed at the sight of that radiant purity. |
| A man, with all the grime and paltriness of mankind, but a saint and hero all the more for that. |
| The majority remain serenely intransigent about taking on serious commitments while berating the minority for the paltriness of their sacrifice. |
