How To Use Penny In A Sentence

The mighty Dragon sneers at the prudent and penny-pinching.
All of them, appropriately for a bank, contributed their pennyworth.
After filling an entire grocery cart, I sent Penny back for a second.
The Christmas penny jar will buy more food and drink than we could possibly consume over the holiday and there aren't any goodies I truly fancy finding in my stocking.
Folks may crow all they want about the roar of Niagara or the growlin’ of the sea—but give me a splendacious peal o’ stormbrewed thunder and your other nat’ral music is no more than a penny whistle is to a church organ! Nevermore

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A reed basket of ha'penny nails to go with it lay in the jumble of objects at the far end of the table; something perhaps left behind by the carpenters who had furnished the room. Sick Cycle Carousel
Create the penny by cutting two large circles from poster-size sheets of copper-colored crafts paper.
With its two commons, Steeple Fritton was shaped much like a penny-farthing bicycle, Posy had decided in childhood. TICKLED PINK
Honesty may be dear bought; but can never be an ill pennyworth.
No one ever heard her allude again to her “fourpenny foreigner.” On Forsyte 'Change
Nevertheless, there is a way we can reduce tuition fees by at least $2,000 a year and not cost the government a penny.
One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.
But Fable Coin Golf is a miniature triumph, brilliantly mixing the dynamics of pinball and shove ha'penny with cunningly compelling results. The 25 best smartphone games of 2011 (so far) – part one
He scarce scrupled a penny after I gave him leave to try a sword dint upon it. The Fair Maid of Perth
Susan is daughter of Vinny and Kitty O'Connor and she is departmental manager at Penny's.
Teaching Unions whose members make a pretty penny from invigilating and correcting.
Although Bill has been in trouble with the police,he earns an honest penny these days by driving a van.
RHYS PRIESTLAND: Saw Halfpenny continue from Dublin as first-choice goalkicker, and he appeared to thrive without that pressure. WalesOnline - Home
Penny prefers using a provider so she can avoid the application and vetting process. Times, Sunday Times
... because I am tired of answering these questions in email, one reader at a time, and I bet truepenny is too: Self-promotion salad
By now he was in a huddle with two locals, fingering silent chords while one of them played something softly on a penny whistle.
Let's toss up a penny for the chance to go first.
I'm just going to spend a penny.
Essential oils from allspice, basil, cedar, cinnamon, citronella, garlic, geranium, lavender, pennyroyal, peppermint, pine, rosemary, and thyme have been reported to have repellent properties.
He is coughing green slime into a handkerchief and the penny drops. Times, Sunday Times
It was an expensive meal but worth every penny.
The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.
an fair penny
Nor do they wish to pay a penny less than the whole amount of tax due from them to the Government.
_Coeteris paribus_ -- all the other usual conditions being observed, such as silence, the fixed gaze, monotony of attention -- let the galvanic disk be put aside, and in its place let a sixpence or a fourpenny-piece be employed, or indeed any similar small object on which the eyes of the patient must remain fixed for the usual space of time, and we will promise that the experiments thus made shall be equally successful with those in which the so-called galvanic disk is employed. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852
There was little alteration in the design of the silver penny in the two centuries following the Norman Conquest.
‘I don't know whether to speak to Abner,’ the other proceeded unfilially, ‘or the great Penny first.’
The screws and plates implanted in a damaged hip or knee can cost a pretty penny — $382 in the case of a 3-milimeter headless compression screw.
Bill Eadington, director of the Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Nevada-Reno said the term penny slots is a misnomer because most wagers on the devices are much greater. WTOP / Business / Biz Stories
In his early years he also sold a variety of articles like accordions, concertinas and mouth-organs, costume accessories and straw hat polish - anything indeed which would turn an honest penny.
Sixpennyworth," I said, feeling suddenly that Celia's threepennyworth sounded rather paltry. The Sunny Side
I've "grubbed" at a threepenny hash-house, I've been at a counter-lunch, The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
Instinctively we knew they were hormonally driven and yet only then did the penny drop. Times, Sunday Times
Picky Penny proceeded to order the chipotle chicken wrap with no onions, no peppers, light on the shredded spinach, cheddar instead of pepper jack, and the chipolte dressing on the side.
Penny-farthings, tricycles and scooters can be seen in this section.
We sought safety and comfort in penny chews. Times, Sunday Times
Believing that music should be free, man, a groundswell of penny-pinching hippies forced the promoter to provide free concerts as a sidebar to the festival.
He's just your average alcoholic who wallows in self-pity and drinks every spare penny I can earn.
I'm just an ordinary businessman, trying to earn an honest penny.
Why it's still going The warm, buttery plots and familiar, approachable cast remind older viewers of the days when they could buy a pint for tuppence ha'penny and still have change for a misjudged June Whitfield cameo. Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis … the television shows that won't die
Finally she slapped on the table two ‘large teas’ and four slices of bread and dripping — that is, eightpenny-worth of food. Down and Out in Paris and London
She takes out a sixpenny piece and presses it into his warm little palm closing her fingers over the money, her fingers over his.
The praises of the toy theatre have been a common theme for essayists, the planning of the scenes, the painting and cutting out of the caste, penny plain twopence coloured, the stink and glory of the performance and the final conflagration. Archive 2010-04-01
Peltandra undulata.pennisetum. pennyroyal.pentstemon. peony.peppermint. pepperidge. pepper, red. perennials, cultivation of. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)
And since Dolly, formerly Shovehalfpenny, also had clothes made by Irena, might there not be news of Felix?
I want to put on the record that I haven't had a penny of public money.
He cannot sell a penny's worth for five years. Times, Sunday Times
The six-penny spectators, or "groundlings," stood in the yard, or pit, which had neither floor nor roof. Brief History of English and American Literature
PJ was the first to be ‘evicted’ for nibbling Helen's ears, Craig was turfed out for gnawing the cage, and Penny was thrown out for pinching food rations.
He should have consented to know but the grand personal adventure on the grand personal basis: nothing short of this, no poor cognisance of confusable, pettifogging things, the sphere of earth-grubbing questions and two-penny issues, would begin to be, on any side, Olympian enough. The Finer Grain
Well, gee - thanks for that tuppenny psychoanalysis... Loose norms.
The four novels appears to be of the original texts, with tuppenny bus fairs intact, which is something all readers should appreciate. The Best of Jennings
For her father's comfort, noting the sad wistful eyes that watched her coming in and going out, she had resigned herself to spend long melancholy hours within doors, reading aloud till Sir John fell asleep, playing backgammon -- a game she detested worse even than shove-halfpenny, which latter primitive game they played sometimes on the shovel-board in the hall. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger
A flush of relief is coursing around my body and I am bear-hugging Penny's rucksack in front of me.
For a sensational trial, the penny papers sent reporters to the courtroom every day.
It would be so penny-wise, pound-foolish it would be ridiculous, said the banker. White House Calling The Shots On GM IPO: Reuters
It feels like I'm making a penny a day at the moment and that's certainly not easy to live off of, my friend.
Cf. Spectator, No. 454: "I went afterwards to Robin's, and saw people who had dined with me at the fivepenny ordinary just before, give bills for the value of large estates. The Journal to Stella
I became tired of his penny-pinching friends.
The scuttlebutt I hear is that a lot of the leading Illinois Democrats (i.e. the crooked Blue Dog ones who are all going to end up indicted anyway as long as Pat Fitzgerald doesn't run out of time) want Hillary and the only reason Obama has as strong a base as he does in his home state is because of Penny Pritzker's bullheadedness in getting him networked and funded. Reid Allowed Vote On Mukasey In Exchange For Military Funding Bill
In the tenth century a kitten in England was worth one penny, or fourpence if a proven mouser.
Yet One Touch of Venus shows that the experiences of working with radical dramatists, including socialist playwright Bertolt Brecht in The Threepenny Opera, clearly left their mark on him.
As I understand the defence, the real cause of the plaintiffs' poor sales is their incompetence and penny-pinching.
He dropped sixty-one cents (two quarters, a dime, and a penny) into the cup by the one-legged Vietnam vet.
And as to your Rhenish and claret, and such stuff, I would not give a penny for the lot -- I'd as soon have a quart of alegar. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot
It's all very incongruous coming from the mouth of a titled man whose toffee vowels are drawn out like a penny chew.
The six-penny spectators, or "groundlings," stood in the yard or pit, which had neither floor nor roof. From Chaucer to Tennyson
When the painting is complete it will be married with the Londonderry and Lough Swilly coach body now in store at Pennyburn.
The half-penny and farthing would gradually be replaced by a half-cent and quarter-cent.
There is the man who yearned for eternal life but was terribly attached to his own possessions, and the poor widow who put her last penny in the treasury.
For home theater PC enthusiasts, Logitech makes some of the best universal remotes around in their Harmony line … but they cost a pretty penny, which has labeled the line as luxury devices compared to some of the cheaper (and chintzier) universal remotes out there. Geek.com
The seeds of pennywort are used occasionally as food by waterfowl.
Children are the most vulnerable to this menace, but their health will not even be considered in this penny-pinching exercise.
The most famous Triple Crown winner in racehorse history becomes a movie star this weekend with the release of Disney's "Secretariat," the story of the thoroughbred, his owner Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) and how they managed to set records in 1975 that haven't been matched since. 'Secretariat': Talking with director Randall Wallace about his horse story
Lives will be lost in the Scottish hills as a direct result of government penny-pinching on mountain rescue services, ministers were warned last night.
She claimed she was just trying to earn an honest penny.
You don't owe a penny and your credit file will be wiped clean. The Sun
Self-service unleaded is selling for an average of a $1.36 a gallon statewide, up a penny from Monday.
I asked Papi why they are called tenpenny, eightpenny, an' sixpenny darters, an' he said it was 'cause they looked like nails an' that nails used to be sold by the pennyweight. The Celebrated Jumping Flippit of Tau-Ceti IV
The genetic differentiation into winter and summer annual biotypes in grain lupin and pennycress is also known to be under the control of one or two genes.
However, I fear they are retreating, and minority indulgences such as cribbage are going the same way as dominoes, shove ha'penny, bar billiards, and the very jolly, unpretentious boozers in which they used to be played day and night. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
The Old Dear now put a penny in the slot of the polyphone, and winding it up started it playing. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
You hike through that tunnel of live oak, cool shade and wren song, then climb the stairs that top out on a high dune strewn with pennywort.
The prize nuggets ranged from about 12 grains to about 3 pennyweights.
The Princes had as much brandy as they liked, and passed their time on the ramparts playing at dice, or pitch-and-toss (with the halfpenny that one of them somehow had) for vast sums of money, for which they gave their notes-of-hand. Burlesques
We collected ￡700 and every penny went to charity.
The ancestor of the modern bicycle is called a penny farthing.
For Alan and Penny, it's been a lot of hard graft, but worth every minute.
Not that I begrudge a penny of the money that this Country has spent on helping these people, not a bit of it.
Despite the penny-pinching attitude of canny Scots, a recent report revealed that Scotland is one of the best-value regions for getting married in Britain.
The only real upside to this penny-pinching is the extra space in the boot.
The timber of the kauri is the most valuable production of the island; moreover, a quantity of resin oozes from the bark, which is sold at a penny a pound to the Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
Mary Ann Chapman threw a halfpenny on the table and said ‘Go and get a halfpennyworth of soap.’
As for Crass's original recordings, those were rescued by Penny Rimbaud a few years ago from deteriorating two-inch tape, and remastered for reissue on Southern Records, a label associated with the band from the beginning. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Such was the attempt to control the lives of the working class, that in 1542 even shuffleboard was banned - a game which we now call shove half-penny.
The Penny Press and the tabloids used the same formulas to achieve unprecedented commercial success.
A bad penny always turns up.
All growth has been organic, and achieved without spending a penny on marketing.
One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.
If we have to wait for the studios to "recoup" first we will never see one stinking penny of residuals, period. First Salvo In Entertainment Industry/WGA Negotiations
Although Bill has been in trouble with the police,he earns an honest penny these days by driving a van.
Actually, there is a lot, and it won't cost you a penny.
At those times I enter one of those far off reveries, the kind that lead people to say nervously, ‘Penny for your thoughts.’
The silver coin assayed by Sir Isaac Newton, varied from 1 1/2 to 76 pennyweights alloy, in the pound troy of mixed metal. Memoir Correspondence And Miscellanies
This work is dedicated to Penny Vale who, in addition to listening to my theories of development and readings, waded stoically through reams of printed notes and sheets correcting typos and spelling mistakes.
Nothing for nothing and very little for a half penny.
The firm began manufacturing fruit pastilles, and they were sold loose and unadvertised in 4lb wooden boxes for a penny an ounce.
And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece, in the shape of these abominable fancies.
Why don't you learn to wash up, instead of walkin 'about talking like three-halfpennyworth of trash? Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts
There is a wonderful old weeper called Penny Serenade.
(I'm not sure truepenny is actually saying that there, but that is perfectly her "Oh, I don't think so" expression. I am an orphan, on god's highway....
But give the boring ones with just a simple leather band across the facing (called "penny loafers" because of a fad in the U.S. in the 50s, where hip young 'uns would insert a penny into a slit in the band) a miss and instead opt for slim ones with a leather or metal ornament that adds some character and dressiness. What the well-dressed foot is wearing
She could finally tolerate no more of his coldness and penny-pinching ways.
You have five quarters, two nickels, three dimes and a penny in your pocket.
Rising up in oscitant mood, I swallowed a penny piece, which I had between my teeth, and then went home with an empty purse.
One penny with right is better than a thousand without right.
He will preach and say, you might be a rich man and you are without avarice, or you might be a poor person with only a penny in your pocket and you might be avaricious because you desire to be wealthy.
So, professor, there's another slip of your "factuality" for you — and not pennyante either! Nelson Algren: An Exchange
There are others who invested in Kaupthing through offshore bonds run by life insurers who have yet to receive a penny. Times, Sunday Times
Loosies were available on the street corners near the school, but in those days, the price was one penny each.
Having written a fivepenny pamphlet, _An Address to the Irish The Art of Letters
Every penny will matter and will make the difference between our kids getting a decent education or being droned-at in packed classes. Matthew Yglesias » Pelosi Saves School Renovation Funds
It is chock-full of lessons and worth every penny of its $299 cost. Check Out “RWW Guide to Online Community Management”
By next February, the punt and the penny will be going the way of the farthing and half crown, becoming curios and museum pieces.
She's on a high salary but I'm sure she deserves every penny.
There is also a gold-plated brass chain, with a fob of a liberty head penny, with the date 1853 (the year of Hardin's birth).
Plants such as spearmint, lemon balm, English lavender, costmary and pennyroyal were used for making potpourri, warding away bugs and for "freshening the breath. News & Record Article Feed
The ISPs’ costs, however, to deliver a marginal gigabyte, which is about an hour of viewing, from one of our regional interchange points over their last mile wired network to the consumer is less than a penny, and falling, so there is no reason that pay-per-gigabyte is economically necessary. Canada rethinks metered Internet, as U.S. pushes ahead
Inhibitions induce callosities, and Albert Penny's inhibitions, incased within the shell of himself, were as catalogic as Homer's list of ships. Star-Dust
Why, be so still; here's nobody will steal that from thee: yet, for the outside of thy poverty we must make an exchange; therefore discase thee instantly, -- thou must think there's a necessity in't, -- and change garments with this gentleman: though the pennyworth on his side be the worst, yet hold thee, there's some boot. The Winter's Tale
Thirdly, the sevenpenny reprint of the popular novel is ruining the already ruined six-shilling novel. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911
Mint, lemon balm, pennyroyal, chives, chamomile, mayflower, and summer savory are a few herbs perfectly suited to this microclimate.
Cider also goes up by a penny a pint while sparkling wine will cost another eight pence a bottle.
I often win money at cards but never save a penny 'easy come, easy go' is my motto.
If the miser tries to hoard the penny or spend it on himself - poof, a handful of ashes.
He would give me a penny to get a gumball, tell me not to tell my mother, and on we would go.
Brad Penny won't be back until next week at the earliest, and rookie left-hander Nate Teut was ineffective in his major league debut Saturday against Milwaukee, taking the loss, then getting sent to Triple-A Calgary. USATODAY.com - National League East
Novelty bands are ten a penny, as even the most cursory glance at the charts on either side of the Atlantic will show you.
And we're not talking a balloon and a penny chew.
Who will not keep a penny, shall never have many.
My warmest wishes to everyone in the family, and a special hug for Penny.
Bruce Wayne : People are dying. What would you have me do Alfred Pennyworth: Endure.
In the Fancy Penny, the cable halted at a thousand feet, where the main drift, or tunnel, ran east to west along the lode line. PAINT THE WIND
The negatives come from those who don't want to spend a ha'penny on the positive act of supporting the Welsh Language, like the CBI. CBI goes doolally
I found jive and kwela from the 1950s and 1960s, using the penny whistle. Times, Sunday Times
Government money is dead money, ring-fenced and controlled so that every penny can meet the rigours of post - audit.
But there was fury when it emerged the UK taxman won't get a penny. The Sun
Masham made me read to her a pretty twopenny pamphlet, called The St. Albans The Journal to Stella
He's a bit slow to learn and it took time for the penny to drop, then he started to finish even though he would have hated the ground.
Near adjoining to this abbey, on the south side thereof, was some time a farm belonging to the said nunnery, at which farm I myself, in my youth, have fetched many a halfpennyworth of milk.
I often win money at cards but never save a penny 'easy come, easy go' is my motto.
I used to love the penny tray which was full of gobstoppers, bubblies, Spangles and Jelly Tots.
Sixpenny or sevenpenny?" said the girl, trying to put me off my balance at the very beginning. Once a Week
His daughter captured the son of the Governor of Guernsey, who therefore probably was reckoned an unsafe custodier thenceforward; though he assured the king that he had turned the young couple out of doors, and had never given them a penny. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)
Into it he pushed five fourpenny pieces, then called groats, and very commonly current. All's Well Alice's Victory
The old crossing-sweeper was already there, to receive his penny; and the orange-woman, expectant, sold her apex orange to him for a silver thripenny bit as his before-breakfast while awaiting the more dignified cunctation of his auguster spouse. Pirate Gold
A windowless basement with wall-to-wall white shag carpet was what Penny and Tom Friedman encountered when they moved into their townhouse near Washington, DC.
She's a baggage, and shall never see another penny of mine,--that's flat!
Penny whinnied quietly and looked at Autumn with her soft brown eyes. ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH
A penny bought three jaw breakers or two sticks of licorice.
All six herbicides do a good job of controlling broadleaves like pennycress and mustard.
The Brilliantons paid their rent on time and did not owe him a penny.
I had to explain the problem to her several times before the penny finally dropped.
(The increment is to ensure the price moves up in quanta larger than a penny.) EBay, Fun, and Social Waste, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
In many stands, mustards including shepherd'spurse and pennycress are very prominent.
'If I find it necessary to carry you away, pick-a-back, o' course I shall leave it the least bit o 'time possible afore you; but allow me to express a hope as you won't reduce me to extremities; in saying wich, I merely quote wot the nobleman said to the fractious pennywinkle, ven he vouldn't come out of his shell by means of a pin, and he conseqvently began to be afeered that he should be obliged to crack him in the parlour door.' The Pickwick papers
Moving without haste, Randall leaned past Jamie to pluck a ha'penny nail delicately from the reed basket. Sick Cycle Carousel
Identity thieves "phish" for personal information, like account numbers and PINs, which they use to sink your good credit (while sucking every penny out of your bank account). Click Fraud Threatens Web
After that there was a soft indoor play area, penny arcade and mirror maze. The Sun
Except for what he spent on haircuts,books and daily necessities he never wasted a penny.
a penny-pinching miserly old man
One troy pound weighs 373.25 g and is subdivided into troy ounces, pennyweight and grains (gr, 24 in a pennyweight).
One could go on, but the important lesson to remember for would-be reformers is that in their zeal to cull waste and limit the scope of the federal government, they don't get caught up being "penny-wise, pound-foolish. Edward Flattau: Frivolous Pork
Definitely flagging now, Penny and I stagger on to the Park Hyatt Hotel where we have promised ourselves a glass or two of wine to celebrate our mammoth and epic journey.
The unemployed worker was down to his last penny when at last he found a job.
I used Penny's western bridle: a loose-ring, sweet iron snaffle with split reins and a long training fork or running martingale.
They owe us this money but their evasive actions have meant we haven't had a penny. Times, Sunday Times
There was no shortage of money, as Penny, scenting change in the air, held yet another fundraiser.
Vicky said it tasted of candyfloss, but there was also a sharpness that reminded me of the mouth-lacerating ‘Rhubarb and Custard’ penny chews from when I was little.
The principal medium for the payment of these dues was the denarius or silver penny.
Australian Coin forger’s Charlotte Medal fetches a pretty penny Waterloo Medal by Benedetto Pistrucci : Coin Collecting News
What are the his employment policies in an infamously pinchpenny and corner-cutting sector of the health industry?
Herbal supplements that can be toxic to the liver include kava, comfrey, chaparral, jin bu huan, kombucha tea, pennyroyal and skullcap.
Thus, said Friar John, at Seuille, the rascally beggars being one evening on a solemn holiday at supper in the spital, one bragged of having got six blancs, or twopence halfpenny; another eight liards, or twopence; a third, seven caroluses, or sixpence; but an old mumper made his vaunts of having got three testons, or five shillings. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
Withdrawal is a penny-wise but pound-foolish approach to an enduring national security problem. We Have the Momentum in Afghanistan
He received €1.5m in a postnuptial agreement, but spent every penny on his defence.
We worked it out to eight-pence ha'penny, or seventeen cents, for two men working three hours and a half. HOPS AND HOPPERS
I then carried home my provision, and eat some more cheese with the other roll, and a halfpennyworth of apples by way of relish, and took a drink of water.
Mr. Jay (who lives by supplying the newspapers with short paragraphs relating to accidents, offenses, and brief records of remarkable occurrences in general -- who is, in short, what they call a penny-a-liner) told his landlord that he had been in the city that day and heard unfavourable rumours on the subject of the joint-stock banks. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories
In March 1955 family members paid a penny each to venture onto the platform at York Railway Station to wave off newly-weds Gladys and Bernard Hewitt.
Honesty may be dear bought; but can never be an ill pennyworth.
Heaping billions on the rich while ensuring that one out of six American kids doesn't get a penny is dead wrong.
In retrospect it might have been worth conceding the point and paying that extra penny but I've never been a quitter and some things, like holding people to their pledges, are worth making a stand for.
My own view is that 'backbench' councillors are well paid, but Board Members earn every penny. Jockeying for Position.
The Latin name means that it is a southern pennycress.

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