How to Use scant in a Sentence

scant

adjective

• She paid scant attention to the facts.
• Food was in scant supply.
• Police found scant evidence of fraud.
• The Wings’ odds of a top-two pick, meanwhile, are a scant 7.3%.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2023
• Before: The bunk room featured log-style beds and scant decor.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 10 Mar. 2023
• Emma Corrin has rocked the scant Miu Miu briefs both on and off the runway.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2023
• To reduce weight to a scant 6.5 ounces and increase grip, CAMP machined holes in the shaft’s grip.
  — Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2023
• When fully cocked the bow measures a scant 6.5 inches in width.
  — Tony Hansen, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
• The scant few bawdy comedies that have reached theaters in the post-Hangover era, meanwhile, were made on the cheap.
  — Chris Lee, Vulture, 23 June 2023
• Details are scant, but the new one-app offering will begin rolling out by the end of 2023.
  — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 11 May 2023
• Plot details are also scant, but Mike White has hinted that the East will play a big role.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
• Most of the bundles of shell have only the scant protection provided by the mesh bags.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 2 June 2023
• But a scant four years ago, Zeiders had his sights set on a sports career, not music.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 18 Aug. 2023
• The Biden team made scant secret that this speech in Tempe was a dry run for a likely campaign against Donald Trump.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 9 Oct. 2023
• There's surprisingly scant research on the specifics of sleep sides.
  — Christian Cotroneo, Treehugger, 24 Aug. 2023
• Because the deal was inked off-market, photos and details are scant.
  — James McClain, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2023
• Apart from a massive leak of 90 minutes of game footage and its source code, information about the game has been scant.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 17 Sep. 2023
• And on July 19—a scant two days after the issue had been shipped off to the printer, a mere 10 weeks since Adele had passed away—Carmen died too.
  — Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2023
• The Golden Warriors finished runner-up in the event by a scant .01-second margin.
  — Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
• Working from the outside of the basket, topstitch the bound edge a scant ⅛ inch above the bottom of bias tape, catching inside of tape inseam.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• Some of the pieces were rather large, and having the chocolates so spaced out made the offering appear scant (there are only 16 pieces available).
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2023
• The book spends scant time on the protagonist’s parents, while the show embraces their pursuit of the American Dream.
  — Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• Because the house was never listed on the open market, details are scant and photos few.
  — James McClain, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2024
• Here’s a complete timeline of all the scarce information and scant updates.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2024
• Information about the progress of discussions has been scant, as the parties have agreed not to speak publicly about the substance of those talks.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2023
• The concept is more of a design study than anything else, so technical details are scant.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2023
• A week later, despite the treatment, there was scant improvement.
  — Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• But many tongue-ties are harmless, and the evidence that cutting them improves feeding is scant.
  — Jessica Silver-Greenberg, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• Mirren isn’t the first performer bearing scant resemblance to Meir to put on makeup to portray her.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 25 Aug. 2023
• Because this deal was inked off-market, current photos are scant.
  — James McClain, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024