scarceness

Example Sentences

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While there’s a scarceness of concrete data to support this, the salon owners and barbers in various countries who I spoke to reported a moderate uptick in interest in body hair care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 13, 2018

All the more might it be so in view of its scarceness, from the first.

From The Square of Sevens An Authoritative Method of Cartomancy with a Prefatory Note by Prime-Stevenson, Edward

Such are oxen, goats, and horses, which are much valued for their scarceness, but used without saddle, bridle, or trappings.

From Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. by Beazley, C. Raymond

Books are to me instead of friends, I wish they did not resemble the latter in their scarceness.

From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles

It would be too tedious to dwell on the beauty, merit, and scarceness of these stones, as well as on their finished workmanship and degree of antiquity.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.