Sentence examples for scant point from inspiring English sources
To understand a puzzle that has been confounding scientists in recent years, researchers need to know not only the spatial extent of the ice, but also how thick it is, which is tricky to estimate from satellite data alone or from scant point measurements taken by drilling into ice floes.
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney won this district by over 20 points in 2012, yet Trump defeated his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton by a scant point in November, and it was Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla).
As for the Panama Canal "giveaway," it energized the American right while earning Carter scant points with the left.
Even though Joe comes up with the smart idea of accelerating the process through the use of intercoms, his eager-beaver contributions earn him scant points with the boss, who refuses to promote him.
On the most obvious level, of course, there are scant points of comparison between "A Chorus Line," the era-defining Broadway musical about the life of the musical theater "gypsy," and "Trelawny of the Wells," the Englishman Arthur Wing Pinero's 1898 comedy about new theatrical forms and the potent allure of a life devoted to the stage.
The US team were a scant 0.084 points behind the Dutch for a podium spot when the 29-year-old from Connecticut entered the ring on Verdades and was solid on every mark, penning a fairytale ending to her Olympic debut.
Stephens managed to finish at the net only five times, winning a scant three points.
My opponent, a quiet but slick-shooting 20-something named Anwar, needed a scant 14 points for victory.
In the first set Tsonga managed to win a scant nine points; but in the second set his serve heated up and his ground game began to move Djokovic off the baseline.
John Morse, the Senate president who lost by a scant two points in his Colorado Springs district, said his loss of his seat was "a small price to pay" for saving lives with the modest Colorado gun laws.
