Scarcely

Examples

• There is scarcely any man alive who does not think himself meritorious for giving his neighbour five pounds. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The marriage was scarcely in accord with the old man's wishes, for the bandmaster's pockets were as light as his occupation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• They persevered with a degree of inflexibility scarcely paralleled. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• From then on scarcely a day passed that did not bring its offering of game or other food. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He scarcely ever took a meal in the house; he lived in the counting-house. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But, she had scarcely thought more of separating them into units, than of separating the sea itself into its component drops. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The polite pupil was scarcely gone, when, unceremoniously, without tapin burst a second intruder. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• In a moment they saw him, and then me; but scarcely had they discovered me than I commenced firing, lying flat upon my belly in the moss. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Yet the force of this mighty giant is so completely under control, and may be brought to act so gently, as scarcely to crack a nut placed to receive its fall. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I scarcely knew how to accost her; she was not to be managed like another child. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I occupy my own rooms, and have held scarcely any communication with them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Scarcely had the blow descended when I was confronted with a new danger. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• He bowed very slightly without speaking, and the smile with which he greeted his lordship was scarcely perceptible. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The moon was not yet set, and we were all in shadow: I could scarcely see my master's face, near as I was. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The entry was scarcely completed when they reached the Golden Cross. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• You could scarcely walk there and back without a longer rest than I shall take. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I have a witness to the fact, whose testimony even you, sir, will scarcely controvert. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He had scarcely set foot without the house, when his father stood before him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I saw then that there was scarcely a chance of this ever becoming a practicable route for moving troops through an enemy's country. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• And, indeed, in two or three days, such a change has passed over Cassy, that our readers would scarcely know her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Bitterly did he deplore a deficiency which now he could scarcely comprehend to have been possible. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• At night, naked and scarcely pro tected from the wind and rain of this tempestuous c limate, they slept on the wet ground coiled up like animals. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• She scarcely acknowledges these parting words by any look, but when he has been gone a little while, she rings her bell. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• For the streets were so full of dense brown smoke that scarcely anything was to be seen. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Scarcely a day passed that did not find Professor Porter straying in his preoccupied indifference toward the jaws of death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• When the coach turned into it, his heart beat so violently, that he could scarcely draw his breath. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Scarcely had it started than I gave the signal to Tars Tarkas, simultaneously springing for the receding half of the pivoting door. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• You could scarcely escape discredit and misery. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I had scarcely left when a musket ball entered the room, struck the head of the sofa, passed through it and lodged in the foot. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He sprang down from the platform and grasped her roughly by the arm, but scarcely had he touched her than I leaped between them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.

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