Sentence examples for A scant amount from inspiring English sources

A scant amount of luminal content was expressed through both puncture sites to ensure patency.

The dressing is a scant amount of olive oil and a generous squeeze of lemon juice.

There is little to distract the reader - no blogroll, no comments and only a scant amount of text identifying each item's name, components and provenance.

Just cut a small onion into fine half-moons and fry it in a scant amount of oil in a skillet until soft, with some salt sprinkled on to stop it from burning.

While the garlic is poaching in its pan, fry the steaks in a scant amount of olive oil until they are flavor-sealed and heat-darkened outside, but still juicily tender within.

This should be spiced to taste, but I don't see the point in a chili without bite: I want heat from red pepper flakes and smoky warmth from ground coriander and cumin, crushed cardamom pods and a scant amount of cocoa.

There were loads of layers – we counted about 15 – and a very scant amount of béchamel and meat ragu, but just the right amount.

Abyei straddles the north-south border and has oil (though a relatively scant amount), and both sides have laid emotional claims to it.

The scant amount of pubes on show suggests it is a man who trims regularly – perhaps because he's the kind of guy who will gladly send a picture of his own bare balls to a multinational media company.

That scant amount of time elapsed between the Red Sox slapping the Yankees on Friday night before unraveling on Saturday.

I prefer to keep things separate; perhaps I'm bad at sharing the scant amount of family that I do have, or fearful of giving someone a glimpse of the few people who really know me.