scantiest
Example Sentences
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The Seahawks still have the scantiest of playoff hopes remaining — less than 0.1% according to FiveThirtyEight.com.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021
He makes assertions with the scantiest of proof, but delivered with utter certainty.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2016
And they made only the scantiest mention of any history of disputation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2012
On the scantiest of evidence, scholars espoused the idea that ancient Greek athletes were all “amateurs” who competed without reward except for wreaths.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2012
It rent the hearts of those at home to hear that their soldiers were forced to march barefooted in the snow and live for weeks on the scantiest allowance.
From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Mathew Joseph Holt
