fewness

Example Sentences

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The size of the army and the fewness of the roads did that.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

Now one dissolves itself on account of the fewness of its members; and now a new one shows itself.

From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William

There seemed to be a great many of the attacking party, and she recalled Fairfax’s misgivings concerning the fewness of the garrison.

From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Madison, Lucy Foster

They came to it almost immediately; he was to wonder afterwards at the fewness of their steps.

From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by James, Henry

For knowledge, and literature, and every useful art, for my friends and their prosperity, and for the fewness of my enemies,—Good God, I thank thee!

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.