How to use "sparse" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "sparse" in popular movie and book plots

  • Guillaume's poverty is not romantic but simply the sparse life of an outsider who has no alternative.  - Rencontre avec le dragon
  • George's hair is sparse and he wears a mustard coloured tweed suit.  - The Beasts of Clawstone Castle
  • Unlike Lomax, Stoner does not think that Walker’s verbal agility sufficiently compensates for his sparse knowledge of the literary canon.  - Stoner (novel)
  • Folco jumps on White Mane (for the first time) and rides him bareback across the marshes of Camargue, over the sparse dunes to the sea.  - White Mane
  • The couple-by-necessity do eventually (jeep trouble aside) scour the land to find eligible voters among the sparse locals.  - Secret Ballot (film)
  • At the performance that evening, a sparse and hostile crowd mocks each performer in turn.  - Variety Lights
  • It is a slow night at the club, with only a sparse audience for the featured performer, and few bar patrons.  - Ruby (1992 film)
  • Because of the flooding, only a few sparse islands exist and energy sources are rare.  - Mega Man Legends (video game)
  • They have a sparse verbal exchange over breakfast before Rey leaves to go for a drive.  - The Body Artist
  • Rations become sparse and the aliens begin harvesting humans.  - H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005 direct-to-video film)
  • Each of them has obviously been changed by the War, but they are both sparse on actual details during their conversations.  - Moon Tiger
  • Harlan fulfills his dreams and becomes a ventriloquist, entertaining sparse crowds with a honky tonk song and dance number.  - Best in Show (film)
  • Limbus is known as the "planet of death", as voyagers never return; its surface is arid and rocky, with sparse vegetation.  - Anachronox
  • His room is sparse and draped in subdued colors; its only decoration is a small painting of a woman on the beach, arm raised to block the sun.  - Barton Fink
  • Through this story, we find out sparse details about the S-Gerät, including that it has an approximate weight of forty-five kilograms.  - Gravity's Rainbow

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