Scarcely
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675 examples of Scarcely in a sentence
I have passed a wretched night in endeavouring to excuse a conduct which can
scarcely
be called less than insulting; but though I have not yet been able to form any reasonable apology for your behaviour, I am perfectly ready to hear your justification of it.
As for Colonel Brandon, she was not only ready to worship him as a saint, but was moreover truly anxious that he should be treated as one in all worldly concerns; anxious that his tithes should be raised to the utmost; and
scarcely
resolved to avail herself, at Delaford, as far as she possibly could, of his servants, his carriage, his cows, and his poultry.
They had
scarcely
been two minutes by themselves, before he began to speak of Edward; for he, too, had heard of the living, and was very inquisitive on the subject.
But as it was, such a notion had
scarcely
ever entered her head, except by Mrs. Jennings's suggestion; and she could not help believing herself the nicest observer of the two;--she watched his eyes, while Mrs. Jennings thought only of his behaviour;--and while his looks of anxious solicitude on Marianne's feeling, in her head and throat, the beginning of a heavy cold, because unexpressed by words, entirely escaped the latter lady's observation;--SHE could discover in them the quick feelings, and needless alarm of a lover.
She was calm, except when she thought of her mother; but she was almost hopeless; and in this state she continued till noon,
scarcely
stirring from her sister's bed, her thoughts wandering from one image of grief, one suffering friend to another, and her spirits oppressed to the utmost by the conversation of Mrs. Jennings, who scrupled not to attribute the severity and danger of this attack to the many weeks of previous indisposition which Marianne's disappointment had brought on.
The Colonel, too!--perhaps
scarcely
less an object of pity!--Oh!--how slow was the progress of time which yet kept them in ignorance!
was
scarcely
less warm than hers; and whose mind--Oh!
less when I knew you to be unhappy, than when I had believed you at ease, did I turn away from every exertion of duty or friendship;
scarcely
allowing sorrow to exist but with me, regretting only THAT heart which had deserted and wronged me, and leaving you, for whom I professed an unbounded affection, to be miserable for my sake."
Scarcely
had she so determined it, when the figure of a man on horseback drew her eyes to the window.
His ceaseless and fruitful curiosity about all new things had furnished him, in ten days, with much learning about Rhatore and Gokral Seetarun, enabling him to show to Kate, with eyes
scarcely
less fresh than her own, the wonders of the narrow, sand-choked streets, where the footfalls of camels and men alike fell dead.
There was no time to think, to estimate, to appraise,
scarcely
a moment even to realize, for the conchs suddenly wailed again, the Maharaj stepped back into the darkness, and the doors of the temple were shut.
She had
scarcely
set when he was aware of something blacker than the night between him and the horizon.
She
scarcely
dared to breathe.
He had
scarcely
finished, when d’Artagnan made such a furious lunge at him that if he had not sprung nimbly backward, it is probable he would have jested for the last time.
Scarcely
had he gone ten steps when his ears began to tingle, a faintness seized him, a cloud of blood passed over his eyes, and he fell in the middle of the street, crying still, "Coward!
Scarcely
had he descended the first stair, when a hand of iron seized him by the belt and stopped him.
It was
scarcely
eleven o’clock in the morning, and yet this morning had already brought him into disgrace with M. de Treville, who could not fail to think the manner in which d’Artagnan had left him a little cavalier.
D’Artagnan was not so dull as not to perceive that he was one too many; but he was not sufficiently broken into the fashions of the gay world to know how to extricate himself gallantly from a false position, like that of a man who begins to mingle with people he is
scarcely
acquainted with and in a conversation that does not concern him.
But
scarcely
had the two rapiers clashed, when a company of the Guards of his Eminence, commanded by M. de Jussac, turned the corner of the convent.
Athos invited d’Artagnan to follow them; and although ignorant of the game, which he had never played, he accepted, not knowing what to do with his time from nine o’clock in the morning, as it then
scarcely
was, till twelve.
In fact, ten minutes had
scarcely
passed away when the door of the king’s closet opened, and M. de Treville saw M. de la Tremouille come out.
Although Athos was
scarcely
thirty years old, and was of great personal beauty and intelligence of mind, no one knew whether he had ever had a mistress.
"Yes, monsieur," replied the terrified citizen, in a tone so low that he was
scarcely
audible.
The knocker had
scarcely
sounded under the hand of the young man before the tumult ceased, steps approached, the door was opened, and d’Artagnan, sword in hand, rushed into the rooms of M. Bonacieux, the door of which doubtless acted upon by a spring, closed after him.
The three blows were
scarcely
struck, when the inside blind was opened and a light appeared through the panes of the outside shutter.
Monsieur d’Artagnan is a young man,
scarcely
nineteen or twenty, and this gentleman must be thirty at least.
If they meant to execute him at La Greve, it could
scarcely
be worth while to gag him, as they had nearly reached the place of execution.
It was a large cabinet, close and stifling, with the walls furnished with arms offensive and defensive, and in which there was already a fire, although it was
scarcely
the end of the month of September.
Although this man was
scarcely
thirty-six or thirty-seven years of age, hair, mustaches, and royal, all began to be gray.
Five seconds has
scarcely
elapsed after the disappearance of the officer, when the door opened, and a new personage entered.
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