How to Use scanty in a Sentence

scanty

adjective
  • The cheerleaders wore scanty outfits.
  • The city’s reservoirs and lakes are parched and its wells have run dry after two years of scanty rains here.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 28 June 2019
  • The city's reservoirs and lakes are parched and its wells have run dry after two years of scanty rains here.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2019
  • But can this be Mary, wearing scanty lingerie under her robe?
    — James R. Oestreich, New York Times, 26 June 2017
  • From now on, women will shed much of the scanty clothing that had been covering them up.
    — Sydney Ember, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2017
  • Discarding even the tights, the Menken wore only a scanty white blouse and shorts that came up well above her knees.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr. 2018
  • In fact, the few scenes that do often waft by too quickly, making the motivations feel scanty or shallow.
    — Katie Walsh, The Mercury News, 9 June 2017
  • If only there were proof But evidence that TCM works is scanty.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Second-and-third-tier super PACs with scanty track records and little known about them have jumped in to fill the gap.
    — Ashley Balcerzak, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Kids and adults alike around the country and beyond dress up in ghoulish masks or devilishly scanty costumes, and go out on the town for some wicked fun.
    — Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The tie is next, the scanty black batwing of a bow tie hand-tied at his slender throat, and then the shirt, always white or light blue, whisked from his body button by button.
    — Tom Junod, Esquire, 6 Apr. 2017
  • His later political career was notable in its ambitions, though scanty in its achievements.
    — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2017
  • This means less room for others who might be seeking psychiatric care, while at the same time, states have cut billions from mental health, leaving even scantier outpatient systems.
    — Mac McClelland, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Anger among residents has been mounting in recent days as information about the missing has been scanty and efforts to find temporary housing have faltered.
    — Gregory Katz, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2017
  • Areas farthest out received scanty deposition of the finest particles amid brackish tides, becoming grassy wetlands or saline marsh.
    — Richard Campanella, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Savers might see appreciable returns on their holdings, currently scanty due to the zero-interest rate policy.
    — David McHugh, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Lower rates and monetary stimulus measures mean cheaper borrowing, but scantier returns for savers.
    — Washington Post, 18 June 2019
  • Persky then allowed photographs of wearing a scanty Halloween outfit sometime after the attack to be submitted as evidence.
    — Gabriel Baumgaertner, SI.com, 6 June 2018
  • To represent all the musical forms of Europe with only German and French classical music is just an excuse to hide his scanty knowledge of the subject.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Aug. 1995
  • In late 1989, Muslim militants advocated flogging the dancers for wearing scanty outfits in public.
    — Siobhan Morrissey, miamiherald, 9 June 2017
  • Frustration has been mounting in recent days as information about those still missing in the blaze has been scanty and efforts to find temporary housing for the hundreds of now-homeless tower residents have faltered.
    — Gregory Katz, The Seattle Times, 18 June 2017
  • But his background in film is scanty, columnist Janusz Wroblewski, who covers the film industry for Polish daily Polityka, says.
    — Nick Holdsworth, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Although the details are scanty, the potential DOE funding is likely to be directed towards this demonstration facility.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
  • They are being asked to do it with scanty documentation, including proof that the Historic Preservation Board is causing unnecessary delay.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026
  • Damage assessments were scanty during the night because of darkness and poor communications, but federal officials said power had been knocked out in some spots and there were early reports of flimsy structures with tin roofs sustaining damage.
    — Marco Ugarte, The Seattle Times, 23 Oct. 2018

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