Examples of 'were sparse' in a sentence

Meaning of "were sparse"

were sparse: This phrase is used to describe something that is thinly dispersed or lacking in quantity, often implying scarcity or a limited amount

How to use "were sparse" in a sentence

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were sparse
This year our sweet potatoes were sparse.
There were sparse data on adverse events at two weeks.
Irregularly distributed swellings and beadings were sparse.
Details were sparse in the hours after the shooting.
The high school years were sparse.
There were sparse direct references in the speech to denuclearisation.
Those places that did have meetings were sparse on information.
There were sparse data available for the outcomes clinical remission and clinical improvement.
Those tribes that were known were sparse.
Data on potential harms were sparse and fragmented in these studies.
The effect on ongoing pregnancy is uncertain as data were sparse.
Both sailors and artillery were sparse in the then frontier South.
Irregularly distributed swellings and beadings of axons and dendrites were sparse.
Her short stories were sparse and incisive, relying heavily on dialog rather than description.
Both had voices like bassoons but were sparse of words.

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Ship observations were sparse in tracking the storm ; it was last observed on September 22.
Mission details were sparse.
Rural judicial facilitator posts had been established in rural areas, where State institutions were sparse.
In long-term surveillance the complications were sparse and treatable with endovascular means.
The mountain cavern was not big and the chambers inside of it were sparse.
Even the Russian publications in the West were sparse and unsatisfying.
FMSI brought to the attention that schools in the rural areas were sparse.
After that, laws were sparse.
At the time of the department foundation Thai scholars in sociology and anthropology were sparse.
Reports on the casualties for the vanquished Germans were sparse and inconclusive.
With temperatures peaking around 20°C on most days, crowds on the beaches were sparse.
The truth, however, is that these discussions were sparse and incomplete.
Similar trends were seen with the lysine analogues, but data were sparse.
In the beginning, he says, things were sparse.
International collaborations on ARPANET were sparse.
Data on patient-important outcomes were sparse.
Furthermore, good quality gridded emission data were sparse.
In my obituary, professional details were sparse.
In the first few decades, the choices of amusements were sparse.

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