The gigantic grandstand still seemed empty but the turnout was not bad considering the meager crowds in recent years, officials said.

Most teams struggle along, playing before meager crowds and scrambling to make ends meet.

The course Wednesday passed through few villages, so Dessel's triumph was watched by meager crowds between the start and finish areas.

The Oceanic was drawing slowly up to the pier, on which a surprisingly meager crowd was waiting.

The man across from her had insisted on meeting her alone, but Dirisha knew he had accomplices scattered through the meager crowd in the dim room.

The division of the city led to a change of fortunes for the club which plays today in the lower divisions before meager crowds.

But on a recent Saturday afternoon the museum drew such meager crowds that it came as a surprise to encounter another visitor in any given room.

"Silent vigils" held in Los Angeles drew meager crowds of only 500.

The Annunciators, in alternate stanzas, announced the proper pause for meditation to the meager crowd, and all fell silent.

It was far from deserted, but I'd seen footage from days when the country's population was half as much, and it shamed these meager crowds.