Sentence examples for scant steps from inspiring English sources

His solo ventures include a reinvention of the Crow's Nest restaurant, a waterfront oldie in Montauk, N.Y., where his weekend "surf shack" in Ditch Plains is scant steps from the Atlantic.

AN elaborate and voluminous parlor-level condominium in an unusually wide limestone mansion at 15 East 70th Street, a neighbor of the Frick Collection and scant steps from Central Park, has been listed for sale for the first time in 25 years.

Washington has so far taken scant steps to eliminate the "too big to fail" doctrine, and in fact, is de facto pursuing an opposite policy.

In Gaza, where Hamas shuts down social media conferences, represses women, tortures dissidents and arrests journalists, there is scant hope for constructive steps toward regional peace.

As the Earth tilts away from the sun in autumn, they move across the street on Carmine to enjoy the best of the scant rays on the church steps.

Eric "Drummer Boy" Molina, a 34-year-old Texan of quiet disposition and scant achievement, said before he stepped into the ring with Anthony Joshua here on Saturday night that he considered the WBC champion, Deontay Wilder – who stopped him in nine rounds – to be the best heavyweight in the world.

The Wall Street Journal's July survey of business economists found, "The main reason U.S. companies are reluctant to step up hiring is scant demand, rather than uncertainty over government policies, according to a majority of economists".

Frank Rich writes (column, Sept. 18), "It's up to Democrats, though they show scant signs of realizing it, to step into the vacuum and propose an alternative to a fiscally disastrous conservatism that prizes pork over compassion".

As a July Wall Street Journal survey of business economists found, "The main reason U.S. companies are reluctant to step up hiring is scant demand, rather than uncertainty over government policies".

Representative Charles E. Rangel, the Harlem Democrat who is one of Mr. McCall's prominent supporters, said Mr. Cuomo's résumé was rather scant, and suggested that Mr. Cuomo might step aside this time to run under Mr. McCall for lieutenant governor.

Notes Reed: "A scant 37 seconds elapsed between the time Einstein stepped off the train and the moment he held a drink in his hand".