Sentence examples for seem scant from inspiring English sources

The trailer does briefly mention Maxine Tarnow, a character in "Bleeding Edge," but otherwise connections to the novel seem scant.

Beef sales have fallen precipitously throughout Europe; five of France's neighbours, among them Italy and the Netherlands, have imposed partial bans on importing French beef.The number of new confirmed cases one each in Germany and Spain may seem scant cause for concern compared with the thousands of stricken cattle in Britain, Portugal and other harder-hit countries.

Agreement between physicians and relatives as to functional status (κ = 0.47) would seem scant in view of the importance of the variable, it being desirable for physicians to have a better knowledge of their patients' functional status.

Their evidence, unfortunately, seems scant.

It seemed scant evidence to go on.

His influence on his own field thus seems scant.

But context seemed scant consolation to his players.

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

At the Conrad on East 110th Street, he liked the big balconies, but the closet space seemed scant.

And there seemed scant consolation in his laconic summary of what he would rather be remembered for.

The shop was set ablaze, again to the noisy approval of the crowd, though this, too, seemed scant retaliation against murderous thugs.