SCARCELY in a Sentence

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For SCARCELY, below is one of 238 sentences:
There's one thing that comes into my mind so often," said Mary, "and I can scarcely ever hold in when I think of it suddenly.

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 Meanings and Examples of SCARCELY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
scarcely
 ad.  hardly; barely; only just
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The wine made her so sleepy that she could scarcely keep her eyes open and she lay down on her bed and knew nothing more for a long time.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  "I believe she scarcely ever looked at her," sighed Mrs. Crawford.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  She did not know what it was, because at first she could scarcely distinguish it from the wind itself.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  In this queer place one scarcely ever saw any one at all.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  She was so happy that she scarcely dared to breathe.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
6  Mary could scarcely bear to leave him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
7  When he was amused and interested she thought he scarcely looked like an invalid at all, except that his face was so colorless and he was always on the sofa.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
8  Well, sir," answered Mrs. Medlock, "you'll scarcely believe your eyes when you see him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  The Lord knows she's nothing to look at and you scarcely ever hear her speak, but she did what none of us dare do.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
10  I scarcely ever went out and when I did go I never looked at it.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
11  There's one thing that comes into my mind so often," said Mary, "and I can scarcely ever hold in when I think of it suddenly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
12  He opened it, scarcely thinking of the writer, but the first words attracted his attention at once.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
13  After that he scarcely ever saw him except when he was asleep, and all he knew of him was that he was a confirmed invalid, with a vicious, hysterical, half-insane temper.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
14  Mr. Craven scarcely heard her last words.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
15  It was a great many years ago, and I can scarcely remember anything about it, but I think it was in some foreign country.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
Example Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  I was scarcely able to move my arm after the accident.
2  There was scarcely a tree left standing after the storm.
3  The city centre has scarcely changed in over a century.
4  His plan was such a success that even his original critics could scarcely forbear from congratulating him.
5  The difference is scarcely perceptible to the average reader.
6  I could scarcely edge in a word.
7  Seeing such fine weather, the boys could scarcely keep in.
8  My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys Ican scarcely hope to make.
9  There were scarcely a hundred people present.
10  We had scarcely reach the school before it began to rain.
11  I could scarcely recognize him.
12  Rachel's arrival on the scene had unleashed passions in him that he could scarcely control.
13  At their best the conditions in these prisons are scarcely tolerable.
14  If there is brain drain from a particular country, it can scarcely develop.
15  It may be scarcely noticed amidst the flurry of war in Iraq, but this is something of a turning point for European defense.