'scarcely' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'scarcely' with 19 example sentences.
- scarcely adverb
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: only a very short time before
: almost not
He can scarcely write his name.
I can scarcely sleep at night.
There are scarcely any flowers in our garden.
He died when he was scarcely thirty.
I could scarcely believe it.
She spoke scarcely a word of English.
They have scarcely gone out since the baby was born.
There was scarcely any money left.
He scarcely ever watches TV.
I had scarcely left home when it began to rain.
He had scarcely escaped when he was recaptured.
He scarcely said a word.
She had scarcely started reading the book, when someone knocked at the door.
I had scarcely opened the cage when the canary flew out.
I had scarcely walked a minute before I met him.
She had scarcely finished speaking when he cut in.
Bob was so beside himself that he could scarcely tell fact from fiction.
They scarcely need it at all.
We scarcely had time for lunch.