They manage to eke out a meager existence by way of fishing and basic agriculture, but as for culture, well.

He eked out a meager existence from this work.

For a moment, he felt a kind of shame, that he should be reduced to this meager existence.

As difficult as such a meager existence was, the Sorianos found pride in being able to provide for their three children.

Out of work for more than a year, he relied on public assistance for a meager existence.

She was determined not to spend her life scratching a meager existence from the land.

But life for many Hutu remains grim as they scratch out a meager existence in a country where the local population does not want them.

Most people in the western region lead a meager existence on incomes that are a third of those along the coast.

We'd be living a fairly meager existence, of course.

"No doubt a meager existence in a drafty house will not do her well with the cold winter approaching."