Example sentences for: scarcely

How can you use “scarcely” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The gate was left isolated in no-man’s land when the Wall went up, and subsequently became the scene of quite ecstatic celebrations when it came down, though now you would scarcely believe it as Berliners cross nonchalantly from east to west through Brandenburg’s mighty central arch.

  • Morton's history of the company is probably reasonably accurate, though one should note that its sources could scarcely be said to be unbiased, most being company records and either present or former employees.

  • Despite huge projected increases in food production, per capita food consumption in South Asia, the Middle East, and the less-developed nations of Africa "will scarcely improve or will actually decline below present inadequate levels.

  • 3) Where fast rural lines are available, schools and libraries can scarcely afford textbooks and periodicals, let alone new computers and training for Web surfing.

  • That was scarcely more than the 5 percent who dared the pollsters' scorn by admitting outright that "the Clinton-Lewinsky matter" concerned them most.


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