sparsely

Example Sentences

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Sparsely populated, Greenland's location between North America and the Arctic makes it ideally placed for missile early warning systems and for monitoring vessels in the region.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

Sparsely used Riley, Denver Anglin and Dante Bass were all forced into action in meaningful minutes.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023

Sparsely populated Wyoming is one of the most conservative states in the country, where Republicans outnumber Democrats by more than 3 to 1.

From Reuters • May 12, 2021

Sparsely populated North Dakota, where fortunes soared with the shale oil fracking boom, has lost more than 10,000 jobs, with some of its hastily built new housing now empty.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2015

Sparsely settled regions always practice extensive cultivation, raising light crops on big farms, because only such crops can be grown as can be raised on large areas by machinery, and are not perishable.

From Three Acres and Liberty by Hall, Bolton