Covenant hugged the scant protection of his robe and set himself to wait.

She tried to fight it, but could not; the scant protection made by her song had seeped away.

She reached out, trying to bring them in to her for what scant protection she was able to offer.

Obviously it would be scant protection if its nature were widely known.

Now she was outside, and away from the scant protection of the presence of the other two.

But my staff seemed scant protection against a phantom wind with the full force of winter behind it.

The patients were made to sit for much of each day on hard benches with scant protection from the cold.

It would offer scant protection, but the idea was good.

Advocates have called that scant protection, saying many welfare recipients cannot find jobs even when the labor market is good.

The shift she had thought of as scant protection had been discarded some time back.