Sentence examples for scant supply from inspiring English sources
Back then, the book was in scant supply.
Skip the skimpy, bready, steak sandwich ($11.50), with its scant supply of onions.
Berkshire hams are in scant supply and sold mainly to restaurants.
WHEN the world's Anglican bishops meet in Belfast on February 21st, brotherly love will be in scant supply.
Local irrigation works augment the scant supply of rainfall; major crops are jowar (grain sorghum), bajra (pearl millet), and oilseeds.
They are in high demand -- sold out in Los Angeles and in scant supply in New York.
Chicken has become so scarce that when scant supplies become available they prompt riots.
Scant supplies of general anesthesia were hoarded for only the most serious cases, surgeons said.
A strong economy appears to have produced very strong auto sales this month, and G.M. dealerships had scant supplies of popular models when the strikes began.
Toyota prides itself on keeping scant supplies of parts next to its assembly lines or in nearby warehouses, but that has proved a handicap during the port shutdown.
That's because the cooks often had scant supplies from which to conjure a meal that if unsatisfying to the wrong cowboy could mean the end of the trail — or worse.
