Sentence examples for was only sparsely from inspiring English sources

The coastal region was only sparsely settled at the time of the Thera eruption, with no identifiable city.

He and his wife, Callista Gingrich, flew to Chicago from Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday aboard a commercial jetliner, and a rally for him was only sparsely attended.

The delta was only sparsely inhabited until the 1900s, but by the early 20th century it had been transformed into what became known as the rice bowl of Asia.

During most of the Spanish colonial era, Cozumel was only sparsely populated, but trading ships and pirates occasionally sought shelter and replenished supplies on the island, which was protected behind offshore reefs.

The surrounding area was only sparsely populated until the mid-19th century, but, after it was opened for Han Chinese colonization in 1862 74, it was quickly settled, largely by immigrants from Shandong province; in 1876 it was constituted a county town with a regular civil administration.

"As just one example," he said, "the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York conducted emergency hearings in Lower Manhattan the day after the storm hit, working in a building without heat or hot water that was only sparsely lit by gas-fueled emergency generators".

The republic is only sparsely inhabited.

The clinical significance and the occurrence are only sparsely described.

By contrast, the Natuna Islands are only sparsely populated.

However, our results argue against widespread amorphous aggregation as these aggregates were only sparsely observed.

At present, not unlike the frontier between Mexico and the United States, it is only sparsely fenced.