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

They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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

Very soon you discover that you were in error about the fewness of the flies.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

They are conspicuously contracted in the fewness of the witnesses which they deem worthy of credence.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William