"scarcely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He was scarcely settled in before the rest of his party was pouring across the lounge floor and piling in behind him.
- I was scarcely settled when I sensed the welcomed shift in air current that signaled someone entering the place.
- He had scarcely settled, when he fell dangerously ill of a fever then epidemic in the island.
- And so I had scarcely settled into my research for the book before the questions began - urgent, probing, impatient.
- Riddle turned up at Withywoods when we were scarcely settled, saying that Chade had sent him to be my man.
- Widowed at 40, responsible for a large family, and scarcely settled in America, Mrs Winslow's entire life was turned upside down.
- Nell had scarcely settled herself on a little heap of straw in one corner, when she fell asleep, for the first time that day.
- To the king's astonishment, the dust had scarcely settled around the small body when it stood.
- Governor and Mrs. Houston had scarcely settled in when wifey kicked over the traces, and fled back to her family.
- I had scarcely settled myself again to wait when I thought I heard a door unlatch in the guest suites.
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