Sentence examples for it's scant from inspiring English sources

As important as the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement may be, it's scant comfort in the face of a societal acceptance of roadside stops where blood is being drawn and cavity searches are being carried out.

Crucially, the gag isn't that she's some aberrant freak, but that these little boys don't know how to react to her – and Hoffmann's nudity is so self-assuredly confrontational it's scant surprise she's since been tapped to appear on TV's Girls.

Omar Abdullah, chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, tweeted: "Although it's scant consolation I'd like to offer a sincere apology to the family of Sanaullah Haq & my sympathies for their loss.

But it's scant consolation at the end of a tournament where only their last-minute win in Italy saved them from the Wooden Spoon.

Even if some of the materials used to build it were scant, its construction was remarkably solid: the house feels as tightly built as a ship.

It was scant reward for Warwickshire's young England hopeful Chris Woakes, unbeaten on 23, who was the Bears' top scorer in both innings, as well as taking 10-123 in the match.

INTENDED AS A KIND of edible plate for Ms. Falkner's cooking, Krescendo's pizza crust is not bland, though it is scant on salt and lacks deep flavor.

Ward headed home Hammill's cross five minutes later but it was scant consolation.

Clayton McDonald's clumsy challenge gifted Fleetwood a second from the spot but it was scant consolation as Vale leapfrogged them into second place.

Information on it is scant.

It is scant consolation, but thanks all the same.