Sentence examples for scant fire from inspiring English sources

The combination of overcrowding, lack of emergency exits, improvised electrical wiring, an unlicensed kitchen and scant fire code inspections is common in this city of four million, Mr. Briceño said.

The social and political legacy of the Slocum fire was scant.

WEEK IN REVIEW, PAGE 11 FRANK RICH Even among pitchfork-bearing populists, there was scant satisfaction in the firing of Rick Wagoner.

They see autocrats in Egypt and Russia cracking down on dissenters with scant comment from Washington, North Korea firing missiles without consequence, and Iran playing for time to develop nuclear weapons while the Bush administration engages in fruitless diplomacy with European allies.

Iron and water are everywhere a presence, and in Pinelands history; they are between them the cannonballs of America's wars, the river and rail transport of war materials, the burning furnaces, the scant remedy for ravaging fires.

The inexperienced crew, which had not had a single fire drill, provided scant help.

The wildfires experienced here in central Arizona are emblematic, as no sooner was the massive Doce Fire contained (a scant few miles from my home) before the Yarnell Hill Fire flared up and claimed the lives of 19 brave souls.

The inferno isn't just metaphorical; IMDb's scant cast list includes "Woman near fire".

The allotment showed scant regard for the community's fire temple and schools, which continue to replenish communal bonds.

Long hours and job stress leave scant energy for stoking the sexual fires.

But from its humor to its deeper aspirations, "Circumference of a Squirrel" provides him with scant flint from which to ignite actorly fire.