142 examples of scantily in sentences

The new home, though but scantily furnished, proved to her a little paradise in the communion she now enjoyed with her son, in the easy access of all her children to her, and in the pleasure of seeing the great work and increase of the Gospel.

The country on the immediate bank of the river was openly wooded with box, flooded-gum, leguminous ironbark, and melia, and was scantily grassed; the soil a brown sandy loam.

Guided by the sound, he groped about and found a little child, scantily clothed, shivering and sobbing by itself in the snow.

The coast is here tolerably elevated, and may be seen at the distance of six or seven leagues; it is composed of a red-coloured, sandy-looking rock, which is very scantily sprinkled with small shrubs, and appears to be extremely arid and sterile.

It was a small room, scantily furnished, with the same marks of neglect and decay which met us at every turn.

For a time he occupied the governor's rooms, which were very scantily furnished; but one day he came upon an eerie suite of rooms which he liked better.

In these, men were crouched over scantily filled braziers, or huddled, curled up like homeless dogs on a doorstep.

Mr. Wilson was evidently about seventy-five, with a long, lank face, tall figure, and head scantily covered with grey hair.

The night before, as I was walking through the streets of Glasgow, a young man of the poorer class, very scantily dressed, stepped up to me and begged me to listen to him for a moment.

There followed some lover's phrases, scantily worded, and frigid in an assumed passion.

She saw a kitchen, shabby compared to her own, scantily furnished, and in it an old, white-haired woman sitting down to eat her Christmas dinner alone.

"As we went on, the country for a little ways improved, but scantily.

"As we went on, the country for a little way improved, but scantily.

But Clive was getting on tolerably well, at his painting, and many sitters came to him from amongst his old friends; he had work, scantily paid it is true, but work sufficient.

Scantily but decorously clad, Colonel Swalm received us, and greeted us as courteously as though we had come to present him with a loving-cup.

When we had hoisted it on board, a proceeding that required pretty strong tackle and several hands, it was flayed, yielding a hide of extraordinary thickness, lined on the inside with blubber, and scantily covered externally with short reddish brown hair, the greatest part of its skin appearing to have been denuded of this clothing by eruptive blotches, such as I presume disfigure a measly hog.

There was a spacious and lofty chamber, scantily furnished, some huge chests, and many sacred garments.

Fuel was with difficulty procured, and our camp was but scantily furnished with even the most necessary supplies.

London Compared with Krishna's life among the cowherds, his adventures as a prince were only scantily illustrated in Indian paintinghis consort Rukmini being totally eclipsed in courtly favour by the adored cowgirl, Radha.

" [Illustration: Burghers of Laon220] Gaudri was indeed very scantily fitted for the office of bishop, as the town of Laon was not slow to perceive.

Without preliminary notice, without declaration of war, he at once entered the Austrian territory, which was scantily defended by three thousand men and a few garrisons.

The markets are scantily supplied, and bread, except the little distributed by order of the government, not to be obtained: yet the inhabitants, for the most part, are not turbulentthey have learned too late, that revolutions are not the source of plenty, and, though they murmur and execrate their rulers, they abstain from violence, and seem rather inclined to yield to despair, than to seek revenge.

To be sure, they had to manage carefully, and provide scantily enough.

In helping soup, fish, or any other dish, remember that to overfill a plate is as bad as to supply it too scantily.

In fact, the poor boys had to put up with even a worse rebuff; the king spoke many words of dislike, and when, in one of the plays, a pastoral, certain characters came in somewhat scantily attired, the queen and maids of honour took great offence, in which the king, who was not ordinarily over-delicate, concurred.

142 examples of  scantily  in sentences