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Example sentences for "scarcest"

Lexicographically close words:
scarabaeus; scarabs; scarce; scarcely; scarcer; scarcitie; scarcity; scare; scarecrow; scarecrows
  1. A translation into Italian was published by Rossi at Ferrara in 1568: it is one of the scarcest books in the world.

  2. This book is among the scarcest in the world, ipsa raritate rarior, as it is called by Schelhorn.

  3. Most of the books found in the prison were destroyed, but a few escaped, and these contained the ex-libris of the Château Royal de la Bastille, certainly one of the scarcest and most interesting in the world.

  4. Always remember that a true sportsman in every way is about the scarcest thing they make--and the finest.

  5. The real book-hunter of to-day is, however, fortunately free of the ancient superstition, and knows very well that as a general rule the scarcest printed books are those which are small in size.

  6. When we reflect that, from the nature of things, it is only the scarcest books that can be so treated with effect, we shall begin to realize the sinister importance of the act.

  7. The original edition[14] has long since been one of the scarcest of Americana.

  8. Salt was the scarcest of all the necessaries of life.

  9. This was all in small sums and was deposited at a time of the year when money was scarcest among laborers.

  10. You are possessed of the bull Apis, and the books of Hermes, which are the scarcest things in the universe.

  11. The selling-off of remainders has been the means of distributing books to the public at a low rate, and it will often be found that some of the scarcest and highest priced books in the present day are those which have been sold-off.


  12. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scarcest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.