Scarcely
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675 examples of Scarcely in a sentence
They were advancing;
scarcely
two metres separated them from their mates.
His blinking eyes followed the light, he was never tired of looking at it, enraptured by this reddish point which
scarcely
stained the darkness.
Many had their sabots in their hands; one could
scarcely
hear the soft sound of their coarse woollen stockings on the ground.
At 4:17 in the afternoon, during a high tea for passengers gathered in the main lounge, a collision occurred,
scarcely
noticeable on the whole, affecting the Scotia's hull in that quarter a little astern of its port paddle wheel.
Soon,
scarcely
blurred by their distance from us, the forms of some objects took shape before my eyes.
But he had
scarcely
unscrewed the nuts when the hatch flew up with tremendous violence, obviously pulled open by the suckers on a devilfish's arm.
So she went to fetch a bottle of curacao from the cupboard, reached down two small glasses, filled one to the brim, poured
scarcely
anything into the other, and, after having clinked glasses, carried hers to her mouth.
With her black hair, her large eyes, her aquiline nose, her birdlike walk, and always silent now, did she not seem to be passing through life
scarcely
touching it, and to bear on her brow the vague impress of some divine destiny?
"You will
scarcely
feel, probably, a slight pain; it is a simple prick, like a little blood-letting, less than the extraction of certain corns."
Emma was thinking that it was
scarcely
forty-eight hours since they had been together, far from the world, all in a frenzy of joy, and not having eyes enough to gaze upon each other.
Madame arrived at last, and
scarcely
kissed the child.
'Well, the fact is, Ma'am, he won't have me; wicked people must have spoken evil of me to him, and he believes them.''Who won't have you?' said Madame de Renal,
scarcely
able to breathe.
A curious point, which our readers will
scarcely
believe, was that Madame de Renal had no deliberate intention in taking such pains with her appearance.
His distrustful nature made him
scarcely
susceptible to any memories save those that are evoked by contrast, but such memories moved him to tears.
Although the gift is
scarcely
canonical, I should like to give you a set of Tacitus.'
I am no expert in what these people call politeness, soon you will know more about it than I; still, the boldness of your stare seemed to me to be
scarcely
polite.'
The Marquis behaved admirably to his wife; he saw to it that her drawing-room was adequately filled; not with peers, he found his new colleagues
scarcely
noble enough to come to his house as friends, nor entertaining enough to be admitted as subordinates.
What a misfortune, if I had had to endure that insult a second time in a cafe!'The amusing conversation had
scarcely
been interrupted.
He felt himself less frequently insulted and made a butt by those remarks, susceptible of some
scarcely
polite interpretation, which, in the course of an animated conversation, may fall from the lips of anyone.
My unfortunate expression has a questioning and
scarcely
respectful effect which would doubtless annoy them.
Never had he adored her so intensely; he was
scarcely
less mad than Mathilde.
Her behaviour towards MM. de Croisenois, de Luz, and the rest, perfectly polite in form, was
scarcely
less provoking in substance.
The latter could
scarcely
find fault with Mathilde's devotion; for he, too, would have sacrificed his whole fortune and exposed his life to the greatest risks to save Julien.
All the while he had left his defence up to the lawyer his trial had had little basic affect on him, he had observed it from afar as something that was
scarcely
able to reach him directly, when it suited him he looked to see how things stood but he was also able to draw his head back again whenever he wanted.
There's
scarcely
a pub. of any attractions within ten miles of London that she does not seem to have looked in at, or stopped at, or slept at, some time or other.
It is
scarcely
necessary to add, that an anecdote like this, simply but forcibly told by one of its principal actors, made a deep impression on all who heard it.
He chose patriotism for his theme; and to those who read this introduction and the book itself, it is
scarcely
necessary to add, that he took the hero of the anecdote just related as the best illustration of his subject.
Both Washington and Sir Henry Clinton had an unusual number of secret emissaries; in a war that partook so much of a domestic character, and in which the contending parties were people of the same blood and language, it could
scarcely
be otherwise.
He
scarcely
had time to bid the black, with a faint voice, to show this second comer in, before the door was thrown hastily open, and the stranger himself entered the apartment.
Their wishes were soon to be gratified; for their commander had
scarcely
time to regain his seat in the saddle, before a body of the enemy came sweeping round the base of the hill, which intersected the view to the south.
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