Walvis suspected that part of the reason they called his wife Lady Dragon-woman came from the scant sympathy she gave to the wounded.

Despite the huge proposed increase, there has been scant sympathy among outsiders for the district here.

There was scant sympathy in the ombudsman's voice.

However, I have scant sympathy for those families who don't want their parent to go into care because the house will be sold.

However, the bully received scant sympathy, even from his most intimate friends, and his prestige in the community was henceforth destroyed.

Teacher got scant sympathy from Charlie Campbell when she reported the new flare-up in their relations with the Foundation.

I told her about the headache and got scant sympathy, which was fair.

Ealstan was his cousin, not his mother, and had scant sympathy to give.

To my annoyance Emerson gave me scant sympathy.

Many motorists expressed scant sympathy for the demonstrators.