scantiest
Example Sentences
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The Seahawks still have the scantiest of playoff hopes remaining — less than 0.1% according to FiveThirtyEight.com.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021
He makes assertions with the scantiest of proof, but delivered with utter certainty.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2016
And they made only the scantiest mention of any history of disputation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2012
On the scantiest of evidence, scholars espoused the idea that ancient Greek athletes were all “amateurs” who competed without reward except for wreaths.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2012
Although their shelter was of the scantiest, the settlers had not, like the settlers of Plymouth, to face at the outset the rigors of a Western winter.
From The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims And Its Place in the Life of To-day by Addison, Albert Christopher
