thinly scattered
Frequency: 5.24.8 per million words
Spread out with large spaces between items; sparse.
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Examples (20)
- The population in this remote region is thinly scattered.
- The village had only a few thinly scattered houses.
- A few thinly scattered clouds drifted across the pale sky.
- Thinly scattered clouds drifted across the sky, promising sunshine later.
- His once thick hair was now thinly scattered over his scalp.
- The audience was thinly scattered throughout the large concert hall.
- The ancient ruins were thinly scattered across the vast plain.
- Evidence of ancient settlements was thinly scattered across the vast plains.
- Evidence for the claim was thinly scattered throughout the report.
- The artist used a dry brush to apply thinly scattered specks of paint.
- Small, thinly scattered villages dotted the mountainous landscape.
- Despite the large area, trees were thinly scattered, offering little shade.
- During the drought, rainfall was thinly scattered and insufficient.
- The population in this remote mountainous region is very thinly scattered.
- The protestors were thinly scattered, making it hard to form a coherent group.
- After the explosion, debris was thinly scattered over several square miles.
- Despite the large area, shops and services are thinly scattered.
- Stars were thinly scattered across the vast expanse of the night sky.
- The seeds were thinly scattered to ensure proper growth space.
- The report showed that resources were thinly scattered among numerous small projects.