Sentence examples for scant purchase from inspiring English sources

The idea that with hard work and determination, anyone could succeed found scant purchase here.

Such artists belong less to an art world than to a travelling art circus, with no coherent audience and thus scant purchase for critical discussion.

I.B.M. researchers found that on the pivotal opening day of the season, Black Friday, a scant 0.68 percent of online purchases came directly from Facebook.

One is to purchase a place in the few scant rows of seating that are positioned, arena-style, surrounding an open stage on four sides.

Dealers cited the Fed's purchase on the open market of a scant $498 million of longer-dated Treasuries as a partial catalyst for the rebound.

Mr. Pinchuk makes scant effort to cloak his wealth, whether it be a $23 million purchase of a Koons sculpture or the $160 million he recently paid for a London estate.

Announced with little advance notice, such limited runs have scant time to strike deals with groups of theatergoers, whose bulk purchases are essential to making money on Broadway.

Scant consolation.

It drew scant attention.

Winds are scant.

Services are scant.