Lucy wondered at the scantiness of Mrs. Burgoyne's musical memory that night.

The general sterility of Media arises from the scantiness of the water supply.

But this scantiness of information need not cause us much regret.

With clothing, as with food, the usual tendency is towards an improper scantiness.

The action reminded me of the scantiness of attire in which I stood arrayed.

The one difficulty lay in the scantiness of her information.

We trust that he did not dwell unduly upon the scantiness of their attire.

Well, this result is really astounding, when we consider the scantiness of the means.

The success of her precaution is evident in the scantiness of our information about her.

The costume of the ladies was classic in its scantiness, especially at balls and parties.

The joy of eating when food comes compensates for the previous scantiness of the fare.

The extreme scantiness of the population is of itself a rough measure of the general desolation.

Ralegh murmured at the scantiness of his spoil.

But these directions are no sooner applied to use, than their scantiness and imperfection become evident.

The duke hath a fair daughter, and we will make up for any scantiness in the dower.

They have fallen off considerably of late from the hot weather and the scantiness of good feed.