fewness

Example Sentences

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The size of the army and the fewness of the roads did that.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

The fewness of holy, consecrated, spiritual Christians, devoted to the service of God and their fellowmen, is felt everywhere.

From The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer by Murray, Andrew

Now one dissolves itself on account of the fewness of its members; and now a new one shows itself.

From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William

Everywhere is noticeable an enormous disproportion between the numbers of adults and children—a feature, in view of the fewness of the former, that argues badly for a much longer continuance of the race.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden

Three fewnesses that are better than plenty: a fewness of fine words; a fewness of cows in grass; a fewness of friends around good ale.

From Ancient Irish Poetry by Various