Sentence examples for seems scant from inspiring English sources

"seems scant" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to express your opinion that something appears to be insufficient or inadequate. For example, "Given the amount of research that has been done on the topic, the amount of new information in this article seems scant."

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Their evidence, unfortunately, seems scant.

His influence on his own field thus seems scant.

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

The payday lenders' marketing body has repeated the claims in its new report, but there seems scant evidence to back it up.

To the Editor: Justin Fox presented an excellent review of the amazing life of Albert O. Hirschman, but in his conclusion, discussing Hirschman's economic research, he wrote, "His influence on his own field thus seems scant".

19), regarding the supposed outlived usefulness of desktop, file and folder metaphors for computer users: While it has become commonplace to dismiss the desktop as a useful metaphor, the evidence seems scant.

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It seemed scant evidence to go on.

But context seemed scant consolation to his players.

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

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.

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