Without protection, a robot`s lean electronics don`t stand a chance. That`s why the visual datasets that exist are so puny. This can give him a semblance of physical strength if he would otherwise be puny and fragile. It is not because these puny men risk their lives for love. But his position in the opinion polls is slim and he was targeted by Sarah Palin. Rick turned around in time to see the side of El Viejo swept away by an explosion that rendered ten kilotons of fission puny. Joey was puny and hairless as always, but on Rose`s face as she looked at him, there was a flood of maternal tenderness and gravity. In the end, Shumlin led by a meagre 2,434 votes, less than the 50% required by Vermont law to win. Tiny, shrill, soft and completely non-threatening. It is puny to the point – a very small nutshell totally lame.

It is most often used to describe a person`s poor-quality physique, but it can also apply to anything small that doesn`t bother you. A puny mountain wouldn`t be a challenge for an Olympic skier, just as a puny plate of hot dogs would be ridiculous for a world champion. Mrs. Jordan, a British matron of solid proportions, walked the path on the arm of a relatively puny rider. Do your muscles look small, weak, and completely inferior? In other words, puny? It looks like someone needs to eat more spinach. His heavy hatchet no longer seemed to weigh on his miserable arm. The dark blue that shows its liberal sequence is relatively puny. He makes his NBA colleagues look puny, among the tallest and strongest men in the world. Before that, there were data protection regulations in the region, but they could easily be ignored if you received meager penalties. Complete and total coincidence of fate, the miserable affair of his registration on the electoral rolls. Mighty NATO rains bombs and bullets on Gaddafi`s meagre forces, but cannot knock them out.

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