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单词 scantness
例句 scantness
But to the abbots and disciples who first contemplated these paintings, or to the artists who revered them centuries later, their scantness and spontaneity had a religious as well as an aesthetic impulse. The Lessons of Nothingness From Maverick Zen Monks 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z
"Wasn't there a good deal of talk about the scantness of some of the ladies' dresses?" Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z
The scantness of the vetting she received before being placed on the Republican ticket. 2010-01-12T04:50:00Z
They mock my wide smile, and my scantness of thatch; I think, though, in managing skill I am—skill I am, All things considered, much more than a match For swaggering, swashing Sir William—Will-i-am! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 31, 1890
Not of our subject; for in my concluding lecture I have to deal—with sad scantness—with the Christian Church in other parts of these islands, before and at the coming of Augustine. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894
They hired no other servants after their arrival, which, however, struck nobody as an admission of scantness of means. A Red Wallflower
But her progress was slow, owing to the scantness of the wind, and for the next ten days they were able to accomplish only a few miles a day, the current running strong against them. In Search of El Dorado
His heart feels a fresh bound; he feels neither strain of limb nor scantness of breath, and, searching as he runs, he descries before him in the plain the deceitful sire alone. Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends
This was the quelling they brought, a scantness of drink that seized him. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes
Her satin dress was a mere sheath, so conspicuous by its severity and scantness that every one in the dining-room stared. The Song of the Lark
Such a street, in the first place; then this little bit of a house; and then, there was more than that; he could see tokens unmistakeable of scantness of means. A Red Wallflower
Much virtue was found to reside in his thumbs:   When applied to the chest, they cured scantness of breathing. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe
It was a straightened life that he had led when he came to Washington for the first time as President, scandalizing the servants of the White House with the scantness of his personal effects. The Mirrors of Washington
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