scantness

Example Sentences

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But her progress was slow, owing to the scantness of the wind, and for the next ten days they were able to accomplish only a few miles a day, the current running strong against them.

From In Search of El Dorado by Collingwood, Harry

They hired no other servants after their arrival, which, however, struck nobody as an admission of scantness of means.

From A Red Wallflower by Warner, Susan

They mock my wide smile, and my scantness of thatch; I think, though, in managing skill I am—skill I am, All things considered, much more than a match For swaggering, swashing Sir William—Will-i-am!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 31, 1890 by Various

It was a straightened life that he had led when he came to Washington for the first time as President, scandalizing the servants of the White House with the scantness of his personal effects.

From The Mirrors of Washington by Kirby, John

His heart feels a fresh bound; he feels neither strain of limb nor scantness of breath, and, searching as he runs, he descries before him in the plain the deceitful sire alone.

From Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends by Thrum, Thomas G. (Thomas George)