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What is a sentence for pittance?

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"At the fire sale, all the prices were marked down so low that I was able to buy this sweater for a pittance."

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Pittance in a sentence?
The salary she earns at her new job is a pittance compared to what she earned previously, but she loves what she is doing and so doesn't mind the pay cut.(pittance = a small, measly amount)
What is a sentence for the word pittance?
I was only paid a pittance instead of its true value
When is a sentence a sentence?
When it has a subject, verb, punctuation, capitalization, a predicate, and a complete thought. A sentence is a sentence when it is handed down by a judge (or a magistrate).
What sentence is the topic sentence of the paragraph?
This is one of a series of questions copied from Penn-Foster's "Practical English" quiz.There is no answer here.
Why is a sentence a sentence?
A sentence is a sentence because it has a subject (noun or noun phrase), a predicate ( verb) and punctuation as well as the other parts of speech like pronouns ( she, it him, her, they, them)...