make scarce

Example Sentences

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"And how do you make scarce events that actually fans want to follow?"

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

He likened AAA's crop reduction to chinch bugs, boll weevils and locusts which make scarce "the things for which millions are nightly praying."

From Time Magazine Archive

But they are mostly far apart, and make scarce any mark in general views.

From The Mountains of California by Muir, John

So concluding, they make scarce a moment’s halt by the ceiba; but, passing under its umbrageous branches, head their horses along the trail leading to the town.

From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.

No matter what advances you might make, scarce a glance or a tail-wag would you get for your pains.

From Stickeen by Muir, John