sparseness

Example Sentences

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Yet the sparseness of Beethoven's sketches made it impossible for symphony experts to go beyond that first movement.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2021

The sparseness of trees and other vegetation near the peaks means that when fires do start in, or move to, those elevations, “they don’t get very big, and they run out of fuel,” Kolden says.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2021

The sparseness of the museum hasn’t deterred visitors.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2021

That sparseness may have been the result of the speed with which Nicks wrote “Dreams.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2020

As we go farther and farther from the Milky Way the stars thin out until they reach a maximum sparseness in directions at right angles to the plane of the Milky Way.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur