All 3 Uses
sparse
in
Lonesome Dove
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- In the novel, Lonesome Dove is the small town in the Texas brush country from which Gus and Call, both ex-Rangers, and their crew, the Hat Creek Outfit, set out on their epic cattle drive to then sparsely inhabited Montana.†
Chpt Pref.
- The grass was sparse, and every hoof sent up its little spurt of dust.†
Chpt 25-25 *
- It was too sparse to support the herd for long.†
Chpt 89-90
Definitions:
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(1)
(sparse) not dense; or few in number and spread out
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)