Sentence examples for somewhat skimpy from inspiring English sources
The old one, by Pevsner alone, was somewhat skimpy; Julian Orbach's revisit is huge, reflecting the architectural riches of the area, and there is wealth within – informative and scholarly text, handsome photographs.
Close behind were homey specialties like etli bamya ($14.95), which because its promised rice didn't materialize, was a runny Turkish stew of tiny, tender okra, baked cubes of lamb and flecks of fresh tomatoes; and the mixed platter ($17.95), with its juicy chicken and shish kebabs, a somewhat skimpy char-grilled lamb chop and finely ground, oniony kofte kebab.
Kennedy, too, was troubled by the "somewhat skimpy" evidence.
"The offerings were pretty skimpy".
Nowadays the public gets pretty skimpy stuff from analysts.
There are also crowd scenes on a scale rarely attempted on television, spectacles that compensate somewhat for the skimpy screen time granted some of the secondary characters.
The first bikini was pretty darn skimpy.
And the poetry that Ms. Paltrow and Ms. Jeffs enact together compensates somewhat for the film's skimpy use of Plath's own words.
If the later stories seemed sketchy and skimpy, these seemed to have been somewhat padded, for they were full of long episodes that led nowhere and had no real business to be in the story.
Projected premiums for people who buy their own policies would come down somewhat with repeal, mostly because the policies would provide skimpier coverage than required under reform.
