sparse

How To Use sparse In A Sentence

• He discussions certain sparsely settled areas (the Highlands of Scotland, for example) as requiring less division of labor than more densely settled areas, and argues that this will slow down the development of manufacture, which makes a great deal of sense. A Bland and Deadly Courtesy
• The television coverage of the event was rather sparse.
• If the instrumentation is more sparse, the music is no less symphonic in its scale and approach than we would hope.
• The tusky but soft-hearted little brute kept nodding his round, sparsely covered head while he listened, exuding a smell of lavender-water, cigars, and gutta-percha. The Freelands
• The section consists of calcareous shale with intercalated sparse limestone beds, dolomitic shales, and some dolostone beds.
• Kangaroos compete with sheep and cattle for sparse supplies of food and water.
• When encountering headachy thing to generate undesirable sentiment, not oppressed in the heart, and should think way its sparse release comes out.
• The neon chicken radiates orange warmth into the sparsely populated diner.
• The furniture was sparse—a dresser with delft, a rough kitchen table with chairs, the armchair she sat in, and the rocking chair in which Mrs. Prendergast rocked, a black-and-white cat purring companionably on her lap. Winter Bloom
• She was a prim ugly woman of forty - three, who wore glasses and had sparse hair.