Both Uses of
sparse
in
The Fountainhead
- He piloted her through the sparse crowd, his fingers closing over her elbow once in a while, letting her catch his eyes directed at her young face more often than at the paintings.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- The East River was a broad band of sluggish black water; and beyond, in a sparse haze of snowflakes, the towers of the city stood softened, half suggested in watercolors of orchid and blue.†
Chpt 4.11
Definition:
not dense; or few in number and spread out