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Example sentences for "scarcely necessary"

  • It is scarcely necessary to review all the local peculiarities of so extended a people: enough has been said to show the social condition of married women.

  • It has been shown that a large number of them are very young, and it can be scarcely necessary to repeat that any young woman in a state of poverty will be surrounded with temptations she can with difficulty resist.

  • It is scarcely necessary to say that to me the time passed pleasantly, and amazingly fast.

  • It is scarcely necessary to say I remained heart-whole, under such circumstances, notwithstanding the obvious wishes of my friends, and the young lady's great advantages!

  • It is scarcely necessary to say my proposals were gladly accepted.

  • To enhance the appearance of the eggs, they may be rolled in beaten egg and sprinkled with bread crumbs; but this is scarcely necessary if they are carefully fried.

  • Ices are composed, it is scarcely necessary to say, of congealed cream or water, combined sometimes with liqueurs or other flavouring ingredients, or more generally with the juices of fruits.

  • A glass of wine is sometimes added to the mixture; but this is scarcely necessary, as the cake will be found quite rich enough without it.

  • It is scarcely necessary to state that the water was whisky, and that the country was Old Ireland.

  • It is scarcely necessary to state that the popular idea that the tongue darts forth the venom is a fallacy.

  • It will be scarcely necessary to say that the great London brewers have never laid themselves open to the suspicion of having adulterated their liquor.

  • It is scarcely necessary to add that Queen Mary of England was the daughter of Henry the Eighth, by Catharine of Arragon.

  • It is scarcely necessary to subjoin the name of JOHN KNOX.

  • It is scarcely necessary to insist that the primitive nature of the sensory function of the skin with the derivative nature of the other senses, is a well ascertained and demonstrable fact.

  • This is so well recognized that it is scarcely necessary to insist upon it here; it may suffice to refer to a single typical example.

  • It is scarcely necessary to say that the two men, who had thus passed so near, were the messengers so often disappointed, Gaspar and Juan el Zapote.

  • It is scarcely necessary to say that the traveller was on horseback--in a country where no one ever thinks of journeying on foot.

  • It is scarcely necessary to say that the victim of this barbarous treatment was Don Fernando Lacarra.

  • It is scarcely necessary to add that he now submits every part of the book to the judgment of the Church, with whose doctrine, on the subjects of which he treats, he wishes all his thoughts to be coincident.

  • Seven years ago, it is scarcely necessary to say, the Vatican Council determined that the Pope, ex cathedra, has the same infallibility as the Church.

  • It is scarcely necessary to set about proving what is urged by their opponents even more strenuously than by their champions.

  • It is scarcely necessary to emphasise that a highly important, and, indeed, essential aspect of this greater individuation is a higher survival value.

  • It is scarcely necessary to remark that the age of the mothers is probably quite as influential as that of the fathers.

  • It is scarcely necessary to continue the relation of these scientific trifles.

  • It is scarcely necessary that I should offer any excuse for devoting a few pages to a digression on the state of affairs in Mexico and Peru.

  • It is scarcely necessary to embarrass the brief exposition of vegetable life now to be given by any historical details, since these will come with more propriety subsequently.

  • It is scarcely necessary to say that the materials of the book have been obtained from Edward himself, either by written communication or by “word of mouth.

  • Of his courage, it is scarcely necessary to speak.

  • It is scarcely necessary to describe at length the large number of new fishes belonging to the Moray Firth which Edward for the first time recognised and described.

  • It is scarcely necessary to point out that either of the foregoing remarkable libraries would give 'tone' to the annals of any book-auction house.

  • It is scarcely necessary to add that he is now following a vocation which, if less agreeable, is certainly more profitable to himself.

  • Goll's definition of the doctrine of Brother Gregory it is scarcely necessary to state that theological controversy plays a very small part in Gregory's writings.

  • Komensky's plans are so obviously utopian that it is scarcely necessary to mention that they came to nothing.

  • Writing for English readers, it is scarcely necessary to mention that there was not in the year 1827 a wide-spread enthusiasm in England for learning Slavic languages.

  • It is scarcely necessary to say, how eagerly the gaze of our young seaman ran over the horizon, in order to observe the objects which might come within its range.

  • It is scarcely necessary to say, that the stranger was a son of the ocean.

  • It is scarcely necessary to add, how much of mystery and fearful interest was thrown around the redoubtable 'Skimmer of the Seas,' by the whole transaction.

  • It is scarcely necessary to say how keen the attention of the slave became, when his master and his companions were seen to return to the land.

  • It is scarcely necessary to say that one whose tactless remarks ride rough-shod over the feelings of others, is not welcomed by many.

  • And it is scarcely necessary to add that no gentleman walks along the street chewing gum or, if he is walking with a lady, puffing a cigar or cigarette.

  • As ushers and bridesmaids are chosen only from close friends of the bride and groom, it is scarcely necessary to suggest how to word the asking!

  • It is scarcely necessary to say that, to make this decisive blow more certain and effectual, a simultaneous attack upon the enemy's flank would be very advantageous.

  • It is scarcely necessary to add that such an order of march can only be used when provisions are plentiful; and the third method is usually the best, because the army is then marching in battle-order.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scarcely necessary" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    almost all; civil laws; direct descendant; even went; first husband; genitive case; give glory; human intellect; indicated horse; its origin; newly come; people used; rather common; scarcely able; scarcely conscious; scarcely ever; scarcely know; scarcely knowing; scarcely less; scarcely likely; scarcely need; scarcely perceptible; scarcely possible; shady place; small matter; taking her