How to Use sparse in a Sentence

sparse

adjective

• This one is a bit more sparse than the Pleiades, but still neat to see.
  — Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
• The lyrics are sparse, as in the group’s other works, but that doesn’t mean M83 doesn’t have much to say.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
• Hotel rooms are sparse in the area, which leaves the option of camping.
  — Oscar Hartzog, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2023
• Balls of glass Even between 3.5 and 2.5 billion years ago, the rock record is sparse.
  — Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2024
• The front page of the internet is going to be pretty sparse next week.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 6 June 2023
• The sound was reedy and sparse, like somebody scraping a penny across a hair comb.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
• The foot traffic in the alley is sparse, but the machine is available to anyone 24-7.
  — The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2024
• Public details as to how the program will work are still sparse.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
• Where the rest of the detention center is sparse, his office is stuffed.
  — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
• But beware the Spartans at The Event Center, always a weird place to play with its sparse crowds.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
• Sage grouse cover can be quite sparse, and even pointed birds may flush at a distance in front of the dog.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
• Her prose is sparse and fragmented, told in verse-like glimpses.
  — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• At Gulfton’s main park, a sprawling 32-acre complex, shade was sparse.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
• The sparse menu — four meats served as tacos, quesadillas, tostadas and mulitas — was painted on the wall.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Don't be too disappointed if the blooms are sparse and dinky.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
• As a result, the calendar was sparse for stretches at a time.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2023
• For Christmas, deals are sparse with the least-expensive day to fly far ahead of the holiday on Dec. 18.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2023
• On the state’s highways, Chryslers and Chevys and Fords are notably prevalent, with foreign brands more sparse.
  — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• The blood trail was sparse, but Haack eventually followed it to the edge of small pond on the property.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 20 Dec. 2023
• Both were limbs from Rick Carlisle’s coaching tree, which is getting a little sparse.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2023
• But in animals, the data in Wisconsin is a bit more sparse.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2023
• The 19 dune shacks of Cape Cod are sparse: Most of them don’t have running water or electricity, but that’s part of their draw.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• His sparse output, with a classic verse or two per year, lines up with that self-assessment.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
• Yet there is no great film about the Spanish flu pandemic, and the literature is sparse.
  — Mark Oppenheimer, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2023
• But trees, green spaces, and buildings that could offer refuge from the sun are sparse, and that can increase dangerous heat stress on the body.
  — Dorany Pineda, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024
• But love was sparse in her family home and conflicts were frequent.
  — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• Helm lives in a nursing home in this central Iowa town of about 7,500 people, where mental health services are sparse.
  — Tony Leys, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
• For 2023, rumors about new features to Apple Watch models are still sparse.
  — José Adorno, BGR, 3 Jan. 2023
• Though there are at least a dozen appetizers and pastas, and around seven main courses, the menu looks sparse at first.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• Earlier in the day, the crowd was sparse as festival openers Winona Fighter, a young emo-pop-punk band from Nashville, hit the stage.
  — cleveland, 5 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024