Sentence examples for does scant from inspiring English sources

The Afrikaans word may be translated as "a blow" but this does scant justice to its percussive power.

This story does scant justice to the efforts Mr Obama made on the economy, but you can see why it has stuck.

But that bald summary does scant justice to a play that touches, lightly and elegantly, on a wide variety of themes.

But the stage version does scant justice to the book's panoramic portrait of late-1980s London with its pubs, clubs and ecstasy-filled raves.

To dwell on the shaky manner in which France clinched a third Grand Slam in nine years does scant justice, for example, to their stirring deeds en route.

There is a streak of laissez-faire in the choice of policies that does scant justice to the idea that societies can – and should – shape their own evolution.

The final score, 19-25, 16-25, 16-25, did scant justice to their efforts.

For decades, Rowland — and Bustelo, too — did scant promotion beyond routine efforts like grocery samplings.

But the certainties of the scorebook do scant justice to his sporting, social, political and economic impact.

That would do scant justice to Steig's pictures, which have layers of their own, though Steig never mentioned onions.

Burning another wooden bail would do scant justice to the incompetence, ignorance and sheer ignobility of a tour which has redefined failure.