How to Use scarce in a Sentence

scarce

adjective
  • Food was getting scarce during the drought.
  • Chairs are scarce and worn bare.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Her time with him looked scarce.
    — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 10 May 2026
  • The scarce skill is no longer who can build it.
    — Tiago Azevedo, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • At the same time, live sports are no longer scarce.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Tickets for the show are scarce.
    — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Chances to compete were just as scarce.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The first draft is no longer the scarce resource.
    — Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Yes, certain skills were scarce.
    — John Akkara, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Nordman said there’s a lot of trail where moose will be scarce.
    — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2020
  • But by the 1860s, the elk were scarce.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • The trouble is, helium‑3 is very scarce.
    — Etiido Uko march 23, New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2026
  • With clues very scarce, the team membes have their work cut out for them.
    — Chuck Barney, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2020
  • In the water, Jake wasn’t scarce.
    — John Winsor, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Children have dropped out of school, there is no work, and meals are scarce.
    — Sarita Santoshini, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2023
  • Samuel said the trip back will have to be in a few months – tickets are scarce.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • If talent is scarce, merge to capture it.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Kuwait is one of the most water-scarce nations in the world.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
  • That’s a hard thing to do this year, with jobs as scarce as snowfall in the south.
    — Beth Thames | [email protected], al, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Tickets are scarce, with the labs and some concerts sold out.
    — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Bring water and sunblock, as shade is scarce.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
  • Treat storage as a scarce public good.
    — Phil De Luna, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Over the past few months, vaccines have been a scarce resource.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 22 Apr. 2021
  • When the sea is vast and the ladies are scarce, what’s a lovesick male dolphin to do?
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Coronavirus tests were scarce then, and the process was slow.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The scarce asset won’t be more content.
    — Lin Cherry, Fortune, 17 May 2026
  • The reason to use one is what is scarce, and the networks own it.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • When pills became scarce, heroin filled the void.
    — Michele Steeb, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • As a result, shelter space was scarce.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Numbers on the program are scarce.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025

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