The trees grew more sparse as we got nearer to the sea.    From LearnThat.org. 

We spent the rest of the day experimenting with a swim frog in sparse patches, which produced several chases and a couple of bites.    From Wordnik.com.  [Learn to Become a Bass Fishing Pro] Reference

It was sprawling, to my recollection, with what might be kindly described as sparse branches.    From Wordnik.com.  [JSOnline.com] Reference

Busha’s Lines On Lake Winnebago is a reflection on life in sparse, conversational language.    From Wordnik.com.  [charles p. ries | ries reviews « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference

Platts Steel Markets Daily newsletter says purchasing action was described as sparse by market participants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference

While the prose in The Pale King can hardly be called sparse, the dominant tone is a departure from what has come before.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pale King by David Foster Wallace – review] Reference

The reference given for the origin of "sparse" is to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850] Reference

Solid black - CRU std dev; dashed red -"sparse" std. dev.    From Wordnik.com.  [More on MBH Confidence Intervals « Climate Audit] Reference

Solid black – CRU std dev; dashed red -"sparse" std. dev.    From Wordnik.com.  [MBH Confidence Intervals #2 « Climate Audit] Reference

Other than that, my genre reading has been kind of sparse this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 4)] Reference

I found the book dry, I think in the review i used the word "sparse".    From Wordnik.com.  [Today’s Papers] Reference

It made the shelf look a bit sparse which is such an unfair representation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disarming honesty, books to look forward to and echoes of 7th July] Reference

Now usually attendance in the office is pretty sparse which is the nature of our jobs.    From Wordnik.com.  [badger Diary Entry] Reference

A bit sparse is an understatement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » How do I love marriage? Let me count the ways.] Reference

He who would avoid cliché must not put "sparse" and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

The hair on Jackson's head was "sparse" and attached to a wig, the report states.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Zealand Herald - Top Stories] Reference

I was hoping for some sprouts as well, but they've been a bit 'sparse' this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [WalesOnline - Home] Reference

But British obesity experts said any evidence of there being a link between obesity and adenovirus was "sparse".    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Data on the relationship of coffee intake and stroke are "sparse," they note, and have been somewhat contradictory.    From Wordnik.com.  [theHeart.org] Reference

So yeah, the actual episode was kind of sparse in terms of information, except for the fact Noriyuki's Yomi's fiancee.    From Wordnik.com.  [AnimeBlogger.net Antenna] Reference

He described data on offshore wind pricing as "sparse," because there are no existing offshore wind farms in the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Projo.com Projo Local News] Reference

The first coat of Sweet P goes on kind of sparse, but the second coat makes for a dense, all over sparkle - glitter with texture.    From Wordnik.com.  [afrobella] Reference

She said that the pressure caused by the greater number of patients with serious conditions led to her medical notes becoming 'sparse'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

Like so many of Elena’s creations, Un Jardin Après la Mousson can be described as sparse, sheer, thin, gauze or veil-like and abstract.    From Wordnik.com.  [Un Jardin Après la Mousson] Reference

He hadn’t shaved in days, and Mouse had that kind of sparse beard that looked ratty on a man.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Red Death] Reference

It was sparse and bright, and being there seemed surreal.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Inaugural Memories] Reference

They'll still live under the pretty sparse conditions they do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out of the 'Axis' of Evil] Reference

But he didn't touch the standard, relatively sparse P.E. curriculum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phys. Ed. Is Not Dead Yet] Reference

They are flaunting their relatively low prices, sparse crowds and no lines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting a Big Lift] Reference

I am a real beauty -- sparse white tufts of hair protrude from the top of my head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting For My Life--For The Second Time] Reference

But attendance seemed sparse, with maybe 250 people present, relatively few of them students.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Happened at Duke?] Reference

Beneath a hot noonday sun, Robert Marge watches six fighting bulls grazing among sparse trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fight Over Bullfights] Reference

They can be quite simple in a great way and often have sparse backgrounds and isolated characters.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Strange, Prescient Art Of Marcel Dzama] Reference

Elsewhere, sparse slide guitar mixes the spirit of the blues with their distinctly Brit-rock style.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Brits Invade ... Again] Reference

It was a display of violent emotion, frustration from the sparse news they'd had on the fates of those they'd lost.    From Wordnik.com.  [International Periscope] Reference

Augusta's wide-open fair-ways and sparse rough may render Woods's only vulnerability - wildness off the tee - meaningless.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tiger In The Grass] Reference

With unflinching honesty, the camera pans to show both artist and his audience — the latter sparse and unspeakably bored.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Call That Art?] Reference

The brain always tries to make sense of the visual world, and to do so it often pieces together sparse clues to form a coherent image.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference