sparsely
Example Sentences
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The first families from outside the islands only settled in 1969, encouraged by the government who feared losing control of the sparsely populated territory.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Levy plays Nicky, a pastor at a sparsely attended suburban New Jersey church of no evident denomination.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
It is one of dozens of now desolate or sparsely used EV parts plants across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
In the sparsely populated Kuiper Belt, these distant bodies drift with relatively few collisions, allowing fragile structures to survive.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
I saw all around this forest hundreds of evenly scattered, identically sized ponds with trees sparsely distributed in a uniform way between them, the whole arrangement giving the unmistakable impression of following a design.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
