He barely knows a scant handful of words.

I left a scant handful of my hair in his fist as I did so.

The Digest's decision means a scant handful of magazines keep ads off their back covers.

A shell burst a scant handful of yards below the Wilbur, whichbounced in the air.

She splashed some on her face, a scant handful at a time.

A scant handful of warriors remained behind to guard the servants, women, and wounded.

She turned around, twisted the tap, and splashed a scant handful of water on her face.

Almost all of them were freighted with soldiers, leaving only a scant handful to serve as escorts.

She'd forgotten what a scant handful a newly hatched fire lizard was.

The rest shifted down in a cloud of particles, looking far more than the scant handful I had thrown.