Sentence examples for to scant from inspiring English sources

But even the most capacious chronicle is bound to scant the dismal ordinariness of life.

Thanks to scant immigration, the country also loses one million people a year.

Many, including Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Barnett Newman, viewed the works, though to scant effect.

film that was underlit, due to scant time and money, was a distinguishing mark of independent filmmaking.

And countless theorists talk about "objectification," the tendency to deny women's autonomy and subjecthood, and to scant their experiences.

Released briefly in 1976, to scant acclaim from critics more attuned to terse, suave Mafiosi, it plays through May 9 at MOMA, in a new restoration.

This, however, seemed to offer scant consolation to Vearncombe.

Until recently, performers seemed to pay scant attention to any notion of nourishment.

Many Africans were desperately poor and isolated in rural areas; they appeared to have scant means to climb from poverty.

However, poor understanding of brownfield redevelopment has led many urban planners to pay scant attention to brownfield site soil contamination.

The politician has to decide how to allocate scant resources.