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Example sentences for "scarce know"

  • I scarce know," answered Cuthbert, "I hear so little and see so little.

  • I scarce know myself," answered the laughing girl, blushing and dimpling with mischievous pleasure; "and I trust none else will know me neither if we meet more friends by the way.

  • I scarce know thee, thou art so changed--so full of sunshine and courage," cried Kate.

  • I assure you I am not of this country; and whither I am travelling, in reality I scarce know myself.

  • I scarce know what I say," answered Jones.

  • I scarce know what to make of you, for you seem fitted for any situation in which you may happen to be thrown.

  • I scarce know how to describe that remarkable scene.

  • I scarce know how to commence a description of it.

  • Three or four days have stolen away, I scarce know how.

  • I scarce know who of the distinguished people I met there would interest you.

  • I scarce know what I should think," said Wesley.

  • At first--ah, I scarce know how I felt," said she.

  • In about a fortnight, though I scarce know an oak from a hickory, or one kind of land from another, I am subpoenaed to appear before Parliament, to give an account of the province of Georgia, when I left it.

  • I find as yet I scarce know anything; but if I give out of my little stock, I trust the Lord will increase it, as He did the little lad's loaves and fishes.

  • We scarce know what it is to have a meeting without tears.

  • I scarce know a night, though we had divine service twice a day, when the church-house has not been nearly full.

  • I scarce know what it was that first awakened within me the desire to look upon her face once more, but once awakened the wish would not sleep, and at last I accomplished my purpose.

  • I would follow Amalric to the world's end in a cause which I knew to be righteous; but when it comes to raising the standard and taking up arms against the anointed King, I scarce know how I can do it.

  • It wasn't that I wished to change with everyone, with anyone at a venture, but that I saw "gifts" everywhere but as mine and that I scarce know whether to call the effect of this miserable or monstrous.

  • I have my choice of these suppositions, each in its way of so lively an interest that I scarce know which to prefer, though inclining perhaps a little to the idea of the backward reach.

  • Craigengelt, you are either an honest fellow in right good earnest, and I scarce know how to believe that; or you are cleverer than I took you for, and I scarce know how to believe that either.

  • In sooth, I scarce know how I feel about such matters.

  • I scarce know whether he did really understand that liberty had come at last.

  • I scarce know myself; but I fear, I fear.

  • He is a warm friend of my father and my uncle; and he and the Sanghursts are bound together by some close tie, the nature of which I scarce know.

  • And I scarce know how to answer thee," replied the youth, "though gladly would I help thee to fuller, clearer knowledge if I knew how.

  • But I am so weary with our journey that I scarce know how to frame my thoughts in fitting words.

  • I scarce know what I would say, my dear Bell; but I am wretched; I have no hope but in you.

  • I am malicious enough to wish Sir George may arrive during the entertainment, because I have an idea it will mortify him; though I scarce know why I think so.

  • I agree to visit every body, but think it mighty absurd I must not take a ride without asking a hundred people I scarce know to go with me: yet this is the style here; they will neither be happy themselves, nor let any body else.

  • As for the other points of his character, I scarce know how to draw a reader into them by any turn of analysis.

  • Beauty comes, we scarce know how, as an emanation from sources deeper than itself.

  • Partly for reasons already stated, and partly for others that I scarce know how to state, A Midsummer-Night's Dream is a most effectual poser to criticism.

  • Beauty comes, we scarce know how, as an emanation from sources deeper than itself.

  • But, indeed, Alleyne, this hath come suddenly upon me, and I scarce know what to say.

  • It was my rough words which vexed you; but I have been thrown among men all my life, and indeed, with all the will, I scarce know how to temper my speech to a lady's ear.

  • And I scarce know in what words to make it clear to you, and to your fair wife, and to Sir Nigel Loring, and to these other stranger knights.

  • I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why.

  • I have a document here in his handwriting; it is between ourselves, for I scarce know what to do about it; it is an ugly business at the best.

  • Book of Morton's Letters: but I scarce know if the Post would carry it to you; though not so very big: and I am still less sure that you would ever return it to me.

  • It is so fine that I scarce know if it gives me more pleasure or pain to look at it.

  • I scarce know why I could never take to that man of true Genius, Hawthorne.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    caused the; come from; first reading; greenish blue; income countries; lower degree; numerous body; scarce knowing; scarce necessary; scarcely able; scarcely conscious; scarcely ever; scarcely knew; scarcely know; scarcely knowing; scarcely less; scarcely likely; scarcely necessary; scarcely need; scarcely perceptible; scarcely think; seeing you; three cheers; vast concourse; water evaporated; wild horse