Sentence examples for Few from inspiring English sources
The word 'Few' is a correct and usable word in written English
It can be used to refer to a small number or amount of something. For example: "There were only a few people in the room."
determiner
An indefinite, but usually small, number of.
- I was expecting lots of people at the party, but very few (=almost none) turned up.
He died a few months later.
Being able to live in a stable home is a basic human need, tied up with important feelings of choice and certainty, and we are living in a world now where only a few can hope for that, which cannot be right".
Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on.
Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back".
But he added: "Sometimes parts of the Conservative party move but they move more slowly, or a few paces behind the centre of gravity of social attitudes which have changed and will probably continue to change in ways that it is hard to predict.
The unanswered questions, and of course there are a few, we will continue to discuss".
Nobel, a wealthy Swedish industrialist who invented dynamite, provided few directions for how to select winners, except that the prize committees should reward those who "have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind".
Security alerts involving improvised explosive devices have become almost a weekly occurence in Derry during the past few months as dissident republicans step up their armed actions in the city.
Anderson delivered his report to Downing Street on 6 May, the day before the general election, and it is expected to be published in the next few days.
"It is in our vital national interest that we avoid the fatal mistake that would be a no vote if a referendum is held in the next few years".
