Sentence examples for scarcely open from inspiring English sources

China still isn't being open enough about SARS to satisfy the World Health Organization and scarcely open at all about other subjects vital to its citizens' lives.

Spheres like law and politics are scarcely open to women of Ms. Gameel's modest background, noted Fayzah el-Tahnawy, a member of the ruling party and a former member of Parliament from the conservative region of Menya.

Public opinion was isolationist; the country would scarcely open its doors to German-Jewish refugees; the State Department was filled with anti-Semites, inclined to let Hitler have his way.

He is against net neutrality, naturally – indeed, he can scarcely open his mouth without giving Silicon Valley's endless pleas to "self-govern" the flavour of a dystopian disaster movie.

Each was mewing, its eyes scarcely open.

One can scarcely open a newspaper, surf the web, or watch a news program these days without encountering this question: Is college worth it?

Since then, the country has scarcely opened.

While many of his classmates had dreamed for years of studying at Saint Martins, Green had scarcely opened a fashion magazine in his life, and he struggled with the slinky evening wear of that time.

The cardinal declines to be interviewed, but he has given two news conferences, embraced the buzzword "zero tolerance," and scarcely opens his mouth these days without apologizing, "in retrospect," for "tragically incorrect" judgments.

He has scarcely opened the door to the cubicle when he hears the Chilean shout from inside: "Please close the door, it's chilly in here!" "Please close the door, it's chilly in here!" says Rodrigo, and his performance is a success.

Leagues in bigger countries are scarcely less open.