Sentence examples for scant merits from inspiring English sources

He also develops an extraordinarily fine grain of details, from the irritations of New York parking (recalled from "The Squid and the Whale") and the scant merits of a home-cooked seafood dish to embarrassments of attire and the scammy tax manipulations of an art purchaser.

In an Ichiro-mad Japan, where a 1-for-4 performance leads the sports news, Rhodes's run at a storied home run record merited scant attention.

Such are the changing terms of public debate that the once hypersensitive issue of the promised referendum on UK membership of the euro merited a scant pledge to re-examine the question in a year's time.

In truth, the book begins a bit earlier–founder Henry was born in 1863 and it compresses the more recent eras (the 1970s merit a scant two chapters, the 1980s get three).

But this doesn't merit a scant afterthought when the issue is bucks versus bigotry.

Scant consolation.

It drew scant attention.

Winds are scant.

Services are scant.

The plotting is scant.

Insurance coverage is scant.