Sentence examples for scant drop from inspiring English sources

As noted in "Scant Drop Seen in Abortions if Parents Are Told" (front page, March 6), parental notification does not mean that parents tell their children not to have abortions.

Drop scant tablespoons of batter in skillet to form pancakes 2 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter.

3. Drop scant 1/4-cup amounts of cookie dough onto prepared baking sheets, spacing them 1 1/2 inches apart.

Drop by scant tablespoonfuls on baking sheets lined with parchment paper; lightly flatten the mounds, and bake on the upper rack of the oven at 350 degrees about 15 minutes, until browned around the edges.

And though Dr. Thomason believes that the basic structure of Space English is not likely to change much from that of the mother tongue, teenagers will, of course, invent words of their own and drop words of scant use.

This makes a scant quart of dip.

Spoon up a scant tablespoonful of chocolate mixture and drop into the coconut.

Drop the pancakes by the scant 1/4 cup onto the hot pan or griddle.

Her interest in genetics was spurred by a young student with such scant interest in science that she would drop biology and chemistry courses in order to take more religion classes.

I'm jogging through an arctic wasteland: a barren, jagged landscape punctuated by precipitous cliff drops, perilous ice columns and the scant remains of civilisation – a crumbling rope-ladder here, a shipwreck there.

The mainstream media came under fire today as attendees at a major journalism conference concluded that media outlets have dropped the ball in their scant coverage of the reality TV series Jon and Kate Plus Eight.