Sample Sentences forsparse (editor-reviewed)
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The grass was sparse in the dry field, with patches of dirt showing everywhere.sparse = not dense
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The forest became more sparse as they climbed higher up the mountain.sparse = with wider spacing between trees
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The area is sparsely populated.sparsely = not densely (having a small number spread over a large area)
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The country was new and sparsely settled. (source)sparsely = in a manner that is not dense (where there are few people and they are spread out over a wide area)
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He found the tiny thorny plants that grew sparsely there, the only things that grew now. (source)sparsely = in a manner where there are few and they are spread out
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The house is sparsely furnished, and although there is evidence of a woman's touch, there is a lack of warmth and vigor. (source)sparsely = in a manner that is not dense or is few in number
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Oliver was stretched out on the far end of the porch ... his fur sparse and gray with age. (source)sparse = not dense (thinning)
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Willem's sparsely furnished room was on the fourth floor of a private home.† (source)
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The sparser-than-usual scatter of jewelry and memorial pins might tell me, if I stared closely enough to read names.† (source)
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To me, though, the sparseness of the room made the whole thing depressing.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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She was talking to herself—only a small fluttering sound, hard to lay hold of in the sparsity of the room.† (source)
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The leaves were sparse and shriveled, dying for air, and they had a coat of white pesticide dust and exhaust fumes so thick you could smear your hands on the leaves and rub fingerprints with them. (source)sparse = not dense; or few in number
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I expected the camp to be sparsely populated.† (source)
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The flowers were sparser.† (source)
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Besides, there was the environment, narrowed down to a single street and place now that he had lost all other property, the thickened and caked machine-halted silence from everywhere lying over this particular sparseness and desolation, plus the abasement from dollars to nickels.† (source)
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She went to a small shabby desk, which was a part of the sparse and colorless equipment of the room. (source)sparse = not dense
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