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

There seemed to be a great many of the attacking party, and she recalled Fairfax’s misgivings concerning the fewness of the garrison.

From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Madison, Lucy Foster

This control was spasmodic, because of the fewness of the watchbirds.

From Watchbird by Emshwiller, Ed

It may be seen judging by these letters, that there was not any other cause for the fewness of such but the full occupation of his time alluded to so frequently.

From The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter by Wellington, Duke of

Their fewness as compared with Irish place names is what strikes a native of Ireland with astonishment.

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.