| The sparsity of population is also well indicated by the great scarcity of food. |
| I have seen several houses furnished entirely by William Morris, and the first thing that impressed me was the sparsity of things. |
| Because of its immense size and sparsity of settlement, it has always posed a difficult challenge. |
| Only vast Madagascar, continental in size, repeats the sparsity of the continent. |
| The sparsity of the population, the extent of the country, and its poverty, made a royal establishment impossible. |
| The police were palpably disappointed at the sparsity of my knowledge respecting her. |
