Sentence examples for scant affection from inspiring English sources

Ahmed and Karema, a Palestinian-American couple, have built a life together from the ground up but have scant affection to show for it.

I was the only reporter present who was not a member of the so-called lobby press in London, a group she knew well, even if she had scant affection for them.

I'm sure my mother had hoped for an amorous whinny, a rubbing of necks, a nibbling of ears, or something from a horse's scant repertory of physical affection.

Step into the first-floor parlor and dining rooms, and you can imagine the vistas this house once commanded, appreciate its openness to light and air, and understand the deep affection Hamilton had for it as he poured his scant capital into its construction.

You have to have some affection for the near-great "Master of the Flying Guillotine," if only because this summer movie runs a scant 93 minutes in its newly restored original version.

Equal affection.

Scant consolation.

It drew scant attention.

Winds are scant.

Services are scant.

Specifics were scant.