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Sentences starting with scarcely

Scarcely above a whisper she replied: "Of course he might say that, but how, oh, how should we simple folk, he and I, be fitted for these high places--yet? [11]
Scarcely a word was spoken by his captors, and he did not know who they were, until, after a long detour, he was brought inside a manor-house, and there, in the light of flaring candles, faced Perrot and Iberville. [11]
Scarcely any impression was left on Pierre's mind by all that happened to him from the time of his rescue till his illness. [2]
Scarcely two people think alike about the proper kind of human government. [4]
Scarcely any of the Persians, except the Magi and the scribes, learn these difficult arts. [10]
Scarcely that, but the Honourable had made up his mind to cross the glacier and none sought to dissuade him from his choice; the more so, because there was something of danger in the business. [11]
Scarcely less important than promptly seizing and printing the news is the attractive arrangement of it, its effective presentation to the eye. [4]
Scarcely is the sun risen when we are plagued by the parasitical and inquisitive mob. [10]
Scarcely worth mentioning Sir; but I thought that song--admirably humorous in itself you know--was perhaps rather--' 'Yes,' said Quilp, 'rather what? [12]
Scarcely had she seated herself when all the bells in the city began to ring, and the heavy ordnance and howitzers shook the air with their thunder. [10]

Sentences ending with scarcely

Scarcely. [10]
Scarcely! [10]

Short sentences using scarcely

He scarcely seemed to comprehend. [11]
She could scarcely speak. [11]
It was scarcely possible! [10]
I scarcely recognized Judd Jason. [9]
She scarcely heard Jim's reply. [11]
Cynthia scarcely saw it. [9]
He scarcely realized her. [11]
Scarcely on my account. [10]
She scarcely listened. [9]
She scarcely understood. [11]

Sentences containing scarcely two or more times

The more than luxurious meal which was served soon afterward she scarcely touched; the impetuous throbbing of her heart choked her breathing so that she could scarcely speak to Lamperi. [10]
There is scarcely a province in government, letters, art, or research in which the mind can win triumphs that he has not invaded and displayed his power in; scarcely a question in politics, reform, letters, religion, archaeology, sociology, which he has not discussed with ability. [4]

More example sentences with the word scarcely in them

I scarcely believe you would know it if she did tell you. [9]
The sleep that you know so well how to give to others, you scarcely allow to visit you. [10]
It feared him; yet, as he travelled with it, he scarcely ever took his eyes off it, and he never trusted it. [11]
There are as yet scarcely any visitors. [14]
She had scarcely yet begun to grind the corn of life. [11]
During the first year after the catastrophe at Kaid's Palace Hylda could scarcely endure the advances made by her many admirers, the greatly eligible and the eager ineligible, all with as real an appreciation of her wealth as of her personal attributes. [11]
Probably his service would soon be claimed; for Octavianus's delay was scarcely an indication of a favourable decision of Cleopatra's fate. [10]
The old man would scarcely have understood his motives, and it was better for both to part without seeing each other rather than in open strife. [10]
The most favourable would not be too good, the reverse scarcely too severe. [10]
It is another work of art in this room that I wish to have, and which has hitherto seemed to you scarcely worth notice. [10]
She drew her wool down through the canvas and, scarcely able to refrain from laughing, stooped as if trying to make out the pattern. [2]
The scene was wondrously beautiful, but Xanthe had not gone to the spring to gaze at the landscape; nay, she scarcely knew that it was lovely. [10]
He thinks that with the hundred-day men and invalids we have here we can defend Washington, and, scarcely, Baltimore. [7]
We tempted him with the delicacies of the season, but it soon became impossible for him to eat, and for two weeks he ate or drank scarcely anything. [4]
In a region with scarcely any level land or intervale, farmers are at a disadvantage. [4]
Iras was seized with giddiness, and could scarcely stand. [10]
It was done with evident excitement, and his voice sounded eagerly urgent as he exclaimed: "I fix my last hope on you, Sir Knight, for you see there is scarcely one of the others who would not have an intercessor. [10]
If Barine goes with Archibius, her time will scarcely hang heavy on his estates. [10]
Here she stopped with a shriek, dropping the comb, for the thundercloud was now directly over the city, and a loud peal, following close upon the flash of lightning, shook the house; but Barbara scarcely heeded the dazzling glare and the rattling panes. [10]
Somehow she felt wiser than he at that moment, wiser and stronger, though she scarcely defined the feeling to herself, though she knew that in the end her brain would yield to her heart in this. [11]
Medea, so the wise woman was called, though scarcely past five and forty, harmonized in appearance with this strange habitation, full as it was of objects calculated to rouse repulsion, dread, and amazement. [10]
And as he wiped away her tears with his handkerchief he could scarcely believe his senses that this was the woman whose resistance had demanded all his force to overcome. [9]
Whoever is just will scarcely blame her for striking the audacious conqueror on the brow with the weaver's shuttle. [10]
I reckon it will scarcely be in our power to visit Kentucky this year. [7]
Petrus received his wife with no less gravity than was usual with him, but there was an arch sparkle in his half closed eyes as he asked: "You scarcely know what is going on, I suppose? [10]
He brought his wife down to the Great Lakes immediately, scarcely resting day or night. [11]
He scarcely knew why a thought flashed into his mind--as though by some telepathic sense; for it had never been there before, and there was no reason for its being there now. [11]
Of Mrs. Siddons, who was then old, he scarcely dares to give his impressions lest he should be thought extravagant. [4]
Poor William Wetherell, who was quite overwhelmed by the fact that the great Mr. Duncan had actually read his letters and liked them, could scarcely utter a sensible word. [9]
Weeks passed in which she scarcely spoke a word. [9]
The squadron in which Rostov was serving had scarcely time to mount before it was halted facing the enemy. [2]
The flushed cheeks which he noticed could scarcely be the result of the light labour which she had performed for him. [10]
The little thing, which he had scarcely known, was so inseparable from its detested mother that he had mourned it no more than her. [10]
The manner in which he had attempted to rid himself of the rival seemed criminal enough, yet the nocturnal attack had scarcely concerned him personally, and he would not condemn the man who was usually so calm and sensible without having heard him. [10]
Sums were discussed, which even the winged imagination of the lansquenet could scarcely grasp. [10]
He scarcely knew whether his being locked out was an accident or whether it was intended. [11]
I scarcely know where to take you; for I never know where to go myself, and seldom do go where I intend when I set forth. [4]
Barbara had retired when Peter at last appeared, so weary that he could scarcely touch the meal that had been kept ready for him. [10]
These were moments when it seemed that she could scarcely contain what she felt of beauty and significance, when the ecstasy and pain were not to be borne. [9]
She scarcely knew what to say, did not know what she said. [11]
I scarcely know what the fascination is. [4]
Only half conscious what she was doing, she left the boat; but her slender foot had scarcely touched the land when a tall figure emerged from the thicket near the shore and approached her through the darkness. [10]
He scarcely realised what Lacey was saying. [11]
If they decline what I suggest, you scarcely need to ask what I will do. [7]
I scarcely knew what I said or thought; but the place I had loved was hateful to me, so I went away with him. [11]
I scarcely knew what I did as I sprang forward and took the Vicomtesse by the arm. [9]
He scarcely realised what his life must be, until one particular day. [11]
He scarcely knew what he said, but it had meaning. [11]
But, if I were your wife and you had only property enough for a modest competence, you would scarcely fare better, through my fault, than my poor father. [10]
Reproof and warnings were useless here; the only thing he could do was to act, and renew the conflict with the scarcely subdued illness. [10]
Though the waves were running high, even in the sheltered harbour, they scarcely rocked the massive vessel. [10]
Kitty Tynan's eyes were fixed on him as though hypnotised, and the Young Doctor was scarcely less interested; while the widow knitted harder and faster than she had ever done, and she could knit very fast indeed. [11]
He eyed the well-scraped over-mantel askance and saw, with scarcely concealed astonishment, a fine, old, carved wooden seat carried out of doors to make room for an American rocking-chair. [11]
You remember perfectly well what a stir it made; you remember perfectly well that even the Charleston Courier stigmatized the act as being unpleasant, of questionable propriety, and scarcely justifiable, and likewise that it would not be matter of surprise if retaliation ensued. [5]
He sits down wearily at the basswood table, and scarcely hears the familiar sounds without, which indicate that the convention of conventions has begun. [9]
During the time we lived in the Thiergarten my mother's hand scarcely ever touched my face except in a caress. [10]
He came whenever we invited him, but had no word, no look, scarcely a greeting for our young lady. [10]
Because the man we have feared, Monsieur Mallard--" "I never feared him," said Rosalie, scarcely above her breath. [11]
But scarcely had we begun to move, when the expected troops from Leyderdorp pressed forward, their loud San Jago resounding far and wide, while at the same time the old enemy rose from the ditch and attacked us. [10]
As she stood watching the departing figure, she scarcely knew that the Queen was preparing to go to her bed-chamber. [11]
Yet here he was, and she could scarcely bear to look into his face. [11]
His instinctive action was to pull Pepper down to a walk, scarcely analyzing his motives; then he had time, before reaching the spot where their paths would cross, to consider and characteristically to enjoy the unpropitious elements arrayed against a friendship with Victoria Flint. [9]
And her head was throbbing, and she scarcely heard him. [9]
Fortunately the sedan-chair was there, for she felt that her feet would scarcely carry her back. [10]
At least that was the theory of his daughters; but the old gentleman had a horror of his early life, and could scarcely be dragged away from the city even in the summer. [4]
Unfortunately, its character was such that Wolf scarcely ventured to hope for the full success of the surprise. [10]
Even while she was still speaking, the friends exchanged significant glances; but scarcely had the last words fallen from her lips when the giant figure of the freedman passed through the door, which had remained open. [10]
Though Ruth Devlin was sitting not far from her, she scarcely looked that way. [11]
Mrs. Clemens's improvement was scarcely perceptible. [5]
The emperor's breathing was scarcely perceptible, and how nobly cut was the profile which she could see, the other side of his face leaning on the pillow! [10]
A bolder one was scarcely ever attempted and, like you, I already see before me the coming spider. [10]
But his story was scarcely ended when a carriage stopped at the Corner of the Muses and an aristocratic Roman alighted. [10]
And the decision was scarcely announced before Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke had begun work on his new country place, Mohair. [9]
But her voice was scarcely above a whisper, and he did not hear. [11]
For days he was never near the Foreign Office, and then for days he was there almost continuously; yet there was scarcely a day when he did not see Jasmine. [11]
The first attempt was made by a layman, whose studies we might have supposed would scarcely have led him to such an investigation. [6]
The Mukaukas, who was lying deathly pale with colorless lips, scarcely opened his eyes at his son's greeting. [10]
While Sir Pyramus was leaving her Barbara had heard a man's voice in Frau Traut's room, but she scarcely noticed it. [10]
The little house was gone; but that I scarcely minded, for I had suddenly come into possession of my wife's castle in Spain. [4]
But when I was devoting myself to the creation of my Nitetis, I envied no man, scarcely even a god. [10]
The Irish parliament was confessedly a failure, and it is scarcely within the possibilities that the experiment will be tried again. [4]
She hurried along Warren Street without once looking over her shoulder; her feet seemed scarcely to touch the ground, the sound of music was in her ears, the lights sparkled. [9]
A current of warm air, redolent of beer and food, met the travellers as they entered the large, low room, dimly lighted by the tiny windows, scarcely more than loop-holes, pierced in two sides. [10]
Then she had wandered through the deep grass, her tiny feet scarcely turning a fragile blade, and she had dreamed beside some old faded flowers. [13]
During all these visits he had scarcely a word to say, though he watched her and played absent-mindedly with Fay. [13]
With Eumedes he visited the unfamiliar scenes around him, and his newly restored gift of sight presented to him here many things that formerly he would scarcely have noticed, but which now filled him with grateful joy. [10]
Before it, scarcely visible in the dim light, stood the altars, loaded with sacrifices by Archibius. [10]
Even when the violence of these emotions had in some degree subsided, and he was beginning to grow more calm, there came into his mind a new thought, the anguish of which was scarcely less. [12]
Many of the vessels could scarcely be said to be launched at all; they sank like lead, close to the shore. [4]
It is his very image, and, as Papa said when he saw it, scarcely in the least like the ordinary portraits; not only the expression, but even the form of the head is different, and of a far nobler character. [14]
He had acquired various branches of learning while sharing the studies of his foster-brother, the eldest son of the old Knight Schorlin, who was then living, and therefore, when scarcely twenty, was appointed schoolmaster at Stansstadt. [10]
But it soon vanished, for scarcely had he finished when stormy shouts of applause rose from the antechamber. [10]
Wolff had scarcely vanished from the street, and Els from the window, when a man's slender figure appeared, as if it had risen from the earth, beside the spurge-laurel tree at the left of the house. [10]
Venters exercised his usual care in the matter of hiding tracks from the outlet, yet it took him scarcely an hour to reach Oldring's cattle. [13]
To some of us at Brandon, Margaret's letter was scarcely a surprise, though it emphasized a divergence we had been conscious of. [4]
The wreck lodged upon a sandbar, and when the Boreas turned the next point on her upward journey it was still burning with scarcely abated fury. [5]
He had sat up till morning, had rested scarcely three hours, and now, with knitted brows, was comparing the results of his night's observation of the starry sky with certain astronomical tables which lay spread out before him. [10]
But this was unnecessary, for he had scarcely assented to the question ere, with passionate vehemence, she ordered him to destroy before her eyes the cup which had brought so much misfortune. [10]
It would be unfair to expect tokens of friendship from the vanquished; but can you deny that even the bitterest hatred could scarcely succeed in devising anything more hostile? [10]
He could not understand the attitude, for Tarboe would scarcely have risked the thing out of mere bravado. [11]

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