Sentence examples for scarcely taking from inspiring English sources

He often drove himself to the office, where he worked until midnight, scarcely taking time off.

Since that day, until last Monday evening, Australian cricket has scarcely taken a backward step.

The scrappy, hardscrabble parish of St. Mark's could scarcely take on such expensive restoration projects itself.

Having given Mr. Slimane much authority to remake Saint Laurent, he could scarcely take it away from him.

"Sometimes you read old biographies where you scarcely take a note," Mr. Caro told Vanity Fair in 2005.

In Mr. King's view, the Democrats can scarcely take credit for all the nation's prosperity in recent years.

And yet, so scunnered is he, once he gets to Ibrox he scarcely takes in the game.

Congress proposes to adjourn by the end of next month but it can scarcely take action on all the matters commended to its attention by the President when he took office.

Complicating matters yet further, Washington has been intensely focused on a possible war in Iraq, allowing North Korea to seize control of its deadly nuclear materials in the knowledge that the United States can scarcely take on two major conflicts at once.

So much diversion is crammed into these 95 minutes – charging bulls, cute piglets, stereoscopic maze-running, Latin-tinged covers of Radiohead and the Mumfords – that the central love triangle can scarcely take hold.

In the 10 years since the managerial genius died, the region where he delivered two League titles, two European Cups and four League Cups has enjoyed one solitary season in the Premier League – and the East Midlands can scarcely take any pride in Derby County's lowest-ever tally of 11 top-flight points in 2007-08.