Sentence examples for once scarce from inspiring English sources

Though once scarce north of the Mason-Dixon line, these straw-color peanuts (called green peanuts) are available for about $1.50 a pound at vegetable stands on Mulberry and Mott Streets in Chinatown from June through September.

Nomadic tribesmen started dealing the rocks, and over a million grams of once scarce material flooded the market.

But the most obvious freedom came in the form of those once scarce consumer goods things as routine (for a Westerner) as bananas.

More importantly, the court did at least acknowledge the argument that indecency rules could be "overruled" because the once scarce public airwaves have been "overtaken by technological change and the wide availability of multiple other choices for listeners and viewers".

With this innovation, humanity as a whole benefits by having access to what was once scarce, and is now made abundant.

Again, these were once scarce yet essential nutrients, so in many ways we are "programmed" to look for them.

When Lee did her first count, there were 39 "unicorns"; an improbable, but not impossible number.. Today, the once-scarce unicorn has become a global herd with 376 companies on the roster and counting.

Sociologists and women's rights advocates attribute the disturbingly persistent trends to rising consumerism in India, where once-scarce and unaffordable goods like appliances and motor vehicles are now available but still beyond the reach of many families.

Shallots were once as scarce as fresh ginger in American markets.

The black variety of Biston, known as carbonaria, once exceedingly scarce, has in the past 100 years in England & German, especially in manufacturing regions, become exceedingly common; black-and-white ones, once commom have become scarce.

This is actually a new challenge for the home cook, as this flavorful fish was once relatively scarce and relegated to expensive restaurants.