Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness. From LearnThat.org. [Charlotte Bronte]
Adverb : The light is so dim we can scarcely see. ,This is scarcely the time to raise such questions. ,You could scarcely have chosen better. From Dictionary.com.
The title scarcely gives an idea of the subject-matter of the poem. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4] Reference
A title scarcely less fit would perhaps be 'Studies into the. From Wordnik.com. [Equality] Reference
I kin scarcely keep the har from blowing offen my head. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
"Expediency" was a word scarcely known to his vocabulary. From Wordnik.com. [Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective] Reference
"The word scarcely describes Monsieur Miste," retorted she. From Wordnik.com. [Dross] Reference
The phrase scarcely occurs in the relevant scholarly literature. From Wordnik.com. [METAPHYSICAL IMAGINATION] Reference
John never says a word scarcely to any one, from one week's end to the other. From Wordnik.com. [Green Valley] Reference
Many of our household words, among them a name scarcely less dear than "mother," are a dead language. From Wordnik.com. [The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865,] Reference
Doctor June looked down at her, his expression scarcely changing, because it was always serenely soft. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship Village] Reference
At first the name scarcely reached his consciousness, but in some strange way it focused his disquiet. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark House] Reference
When she drew near, he intimated, in scarcely intelligible accents, that he wished Zoe should be sent for express. From Wordnik.com. [Zoe: The History of Two Lives] Reference
That is something like a sentence; not a word scarcely but's in Latin, and the longest and handsomest out of the whole dictionary. From Wordnik.com. [The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh] Reference
Apparently there's a "parallel universe of deprived communities, where the concerns and norms of mainstream Britain scarcely register". From Wordnik.com. [The Eighties Are Back] Reference
It is highly probable that many readers will consider that the name scarcely suffices to cover manifestations so numerous and so varied. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy] Reference
“Sorry,” he said, the word scarcely audible. From Wordnik.com. [Nevermore] Reference
There was scarcely a word said after Kirsteen came back. From Wordnik.com. [Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago] Reference
That vile phrase scarcely veils hidden depths of depravity. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman Who Did] Reference
But in this form the notion scarcely merits serious refutation. From Wordnik.com. [Lombard Street : a description of the money market] Reference
He had been too excited, and he could recall scarcely anything. From Wordnik.com. [His Family] Reference
That is something like a sentence; not a word scarcely but’s in. From Wordnik.com. [The Kickleburys on the Rhine] Reference
Well, that word scarcely indicated the character of Mr. Hesitation Kane. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch] Reference
For the first mile scarcely a word was exchanged between husband and wife. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land] Reference
Its general nature and appearance are so well known as scarcely to need any description. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
The silence of the darkening wood was unearthly and her dropped word scarcely stirred it. From Wordnik.com. [Robin] Reference
Pea Eye would come in once in a while and attempt to talk to him, but Call scarcely responded. From Wordnik.com. [Streets of Laredo] Reference
The symptoms which distinguish Erysipelas are so well known as scarcely to require enumeration. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.] Reference
A little more fragmentary conversation passed, chiefly between herself and me – John uttered scarcely a word. From Wordnik.com. [John Halifax, Gentleman] Reference
In some passages scarcely a word or phrase seems to have been carefully selected or compared with alternatives. From Wordnik.com. [Film] Reference
A great beautiful thing is a manner of expression scarcely ever used; but that of a great ugly thing is very common. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12)] Reference
Judge Harvey, however, still smarting under his indignity, would on his evening calls scarcely speak to Mr. Pyecroft. From Wordnik.com. [No. 13 Washington Square] Reference
Being, principle, essence, are terms scarcely sufficiently ethereal even to indicate the subtile shadowings of his opinions. From Wordnik.com. [Vivian Grey] Reference
They called the place Tretyevo Peschera, the Third cavern, but such a colorless name scarcely seemed adequate to describe the thrilling. From Wordnik.com. [Countdown]
As this was all said in Maltese, scarcely. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea] Reference
The unpublished materials which he found at his disposal were such as scarcely any historian had ever enjoyed before. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Froude] Reference
The advent of this element in the newspaper world created a sensation such as scarcely ever has been equalled by any publication. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years] Reference
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