All 7 Uses of
sparse
in
Ferris Beach
- Our house looked so sparse and bare compared to the big paper fans and parasols that belonged to the Rhodes family, or to their ceramic table shaped like an elephant.†
Chpt 1
- It may not look like that much grass now"—she shook her head, pointed to the sparse brown patches—"but by summer I'm hoping to have this yard covered in a fine blanket of grass, and a rock hit by that mower would be a catatonic thing.†
Chpt 18
- Within the hour there were just sparse flames remaining, and the black cloud had lowered, leaving a fine mist of soot to cover our yard.†
Chpt 22
- Misty asked, and everyone instinctively stared out at the blackened field; the kudzu was starting to reappear in sparse bits of green, starting to climb and twist around the cinderblock rubble.†
Chpt 23
- Oliver was stretched out on the far end of the porch ... his fur sparse and gray with age.
Chpt 26 *sparse = not dense (thinning)
- Merle was moving; in a few hours he would be helping his father empty their sparse belongings from trailer to truck, and then tomorrow they would be gone.†
Chpt 26
- There were dishes in her sink, sparse furnishings with sandy, threadbare upholstery, a floor-to-ceiling lamp with adjustable lights like some kind of insect; a square of lime green shag carpet covered the center of the floor.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
not dense; or few in number and spread out