Sentence examples for scant recompense from inspiring English sources

It seems scant recompense for the 30,000-70,000 Kashmiris who have died in the insurgency.

Yes, I know we now have two weeks in Spain every summer, but this is surely scant recompense?

This sop to excessive materialism will be a scant recompense for the $11 billion Harvard's endowment managers lost in their own bad gamble on interest-rate swaps.

And as for the "honour" supposedly being bestowed – is that not just a condescending trifle tossed by the conqueror in the direction of the noble savage, scant recompense for the appalling treatment of indigenous Americans in the 19th century by the European settlers and pioneers?

But I especially want to thank all the little people who work so tirelessly behind the scenes, out of the spotlight, with meagre recompense, scant food, and miserable, cramped lodging to make our Caption Contest possible.

As a small recompense, two posts today.

There is simply no greater recompense".

Scant consolation.