The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. From LearnThat.org. [Thomas Paine (1737-1809), English born American writer and political pamphleteer.]
It was a picture of a child clad in scanty rags, showing just enough skin to make me uncomfortable. From Wordnik.com. [A Note about Alice I Have Been by author Melanie Benjamin] Reference
I mean by that, that their minds have been well trained but their actual knowledge of things is scanty from a lack of conventional education. From Wordnik.com. [Some New Elements in British Politics] Reference
Tue 11/24/09 3: 54 PM to the contrary, I think the majority of movies have women and girls portrayed in scanty clothes and objectified roles. From Wordnik.com. ['New Moon' polls: Switching teams? Bella really the best role model? | EW.com] Reference
What now becomes of Dr. Miller's so-called scanty and superficial convolutions with small cranial measurements?. From Wordnik.com. [The Southern Sanitarium. Vol. 1, no. 4 (January 1, 1897)] Reference
Suma Chakrabarti, ex-permanent secretary at the department of international development, said that evidence of the situation in Iraq before the invasion was 'scanty'. From Wordnik.com. [Informed Comment] Reference
A 9 billion euro stock offering would improve Deutsche Bank's credit quality, but the bank provided "scanty" information on sovereign exposures in non-trading accounts. From Wordnik.com. [MarketWatch.com - Top Stories] Reference
I do not say "scanty;" on the contrary, there is plenty of it -- a great deal too much of it -- but it is the quality, the nature of the knowledge, which I quarrel with. From Wordnik.com. [Science & Education] Reference
And so their little evening meal was a scanty one. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
My scanty clothing was soaked; I was wet to the skin!. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
We now see it is what seems to be a little girl dressed in scanty garments. From Wordnik.com. [Criminal Justice System] Reference
Solid indications of the potential revenues from mobile broadband are scanty. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Africa] Reference
There is scanty evidence that elderberry can ease the severity of flu symptoms. From Wordnik.com. [Avoid supplements claiming to help with swine (or any) flu] Reference
It was hardly the sort of scanty attire that Jerry saw as befitting an auto show. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Flint: An Inspiration And An Education] Reference
This is usually scanty at first, and intermittent, but later becomes quite abundant. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The father's scanty overcoat, the rather pale face of the little boy, all betokened poverty. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"We'll need it -- soon," remarked Ned, looking at the scanty supply they had brought in with them. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground] Reference
Paul hurried off, leaving Plunger to digest the scanty information he had given him as best he could. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
If such an awful calamity happened, many the father of a family would have to put up with scanty fare. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
But its complex mechanics and scanty track record means potential buyers will want to study it carefully. From Wordnik.com. [New Commodity ETF Touts Academic Pedigree] Reference
Out past him rushed the figure of a man in tattered, scanty clothes, with unkempt hair and white, wild face. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference
For the poor she felt the tenderest charity, and robbed herself of her scanty pittance of bread to feed them. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
The fruits -- the issues -- of this life cannot be greater than the food it gets, and the food is very scanty. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
His diaries appear monthly on VeloNews. com; between the scanty portions we serve up, you can follow Ted at www. From Wordnik.com. [Ted King diary: Final Approach] Reference
Provisions, in small quantities, were given to them, but for so large a number of mouths the rations were scanty. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Last month at the Great American Beer Festival, she was asked to throw a coat over her scanty black dress or leave. From Wordnik.com. [Beer Bust] Reference
This room was furnished in the most scanty manner; two old arm chairs, six straw chairs, a sideboard, a round table. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Given such scanty evidence Clarke insisted the game should continue while the Pakistan camp were understandably incensed. From Wordnik.com. [How Pakistan and England improvised a tour that tarnished cricket] Reference
Some fish were caught, and some clams were cast up by the tide, all of which eked out the scanty food supply that remained. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
At that time nobody fed a horse, but he was usually turned out to pick such scanty grass as he could find on the side-hills. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Often did those devoted wives and mothers take from their own scanty portion to satisfy the cravings of their husbands and children. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
On this view, all men are, in a sense, self-seeking, but only those are reprehensibly self-seeking who have narrow and scanty selves. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
It was already growing scanty, and materials to replace it could only be procured at a distance, and means to procure it were limited. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
The provisions in the house had been eaten by hungry travellers, who were supplied with very scanty fare, and were thankful to get that. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
It must have been a Saturday night; the peons had been paid off, and spent part of the night in gambling away their scanty week's earnings. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
He divided the scanty store of provisions that was left into three parts, the travellers being each to carry their own share; he ate very sparingly. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
The mix of music, text, video and art -- some of which, unfortunately, come with only scanty explanation -- gives you a feel for the times, rather than a linear narrative. From Wordnik.com. [The Beat Goes On] Reference
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