"lean" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The local film industry persevered through this lean period.
- A lean period followed, however with the club having no notable successes in the 1990s.
- A loyal player who was a determined member of the Saints through a lean period for the club.
- The 1950s were a lean period for the club, with no titles won.
- "It was a very lean period indeed," he notes, with much of his time spent searching for financing to complete the project.
- Beef producers had been having a banner year, with demand and prices up after a long, lean period.
- For that lean period, any woman would be lovely, particularly a young one.
- But this is a much longer and leaner dry period than ever before.
- Then, as one might expect with a rapid turnover of players, followed a lean period.
- Following a lean period on the playing fields during the 1980s club fortunes began a major revival in the 1990s.
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