Sentence examples for or scant from inspiring English sources

The remainder is ice-free because of either relatively warm temperatures or scant snowfall.

Yet, for all anyone knows, these records may contain incorrect or scant information, and there's always the threat of a clinic closing down and records being lost.

Kim's case prompted a nationwide government probe of thousands of farms and disabled facilities that found more than 100 workers who'd received no, or scant, pay.

The illness produces cramplike abdominal pain as well as diarrhea consisting of either watery stools or scant stools containing mucus and blood.

As far as the F.B.I. is concerned, is the evidence of such a link "bulletproof," as Defense Secretary Rumsfeld claims, or "scant," as General Brent Scowcroft, chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, has said?

And these are only a few of the many published stories about Weinstein's demands for filmmakers to change their films, and his delayed or scant release of worthy films.

An analysis of the object's path showed that it would pass within 0.0039 astronomical units--or a scant 500,000 km--from the home planet.

They are allotted almost no cultural visibility or glamour, scant verbal or sexual panache.

I'm not sure who or what is more monstrous: the smug sceptics or the scant cryptids.

It would be interesting to note that another aspect of the population structure that is often responsible for the phenomenon of over-dispersion or under-dispersion is the presence of an excess or a scant number of zeros.

Melt a little butter in a frying pan, then dollop four or so scant tablespoons of the batter into the pan, keeping them a clear 2cm apart to allow for spreading.