Scarcely has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | There are scarcely any flowers in our garden. | |
| 2. | Scarcely had I reached home before the telephone rang. | |
| 3. | Scarcely had the rain stopped before a rainbow appeared. | |
| 4. | Scarcely an hour goes by that I don't I think of you with love. | |
| 5. | We had scarcely returned when it began raining. | |
| 6. | Mary scarcely seems to care for me, does she? | |
| 7. | Scarcely had the market opened when the fire broke out. | |
| 8. | Bob was so beside himself that he could scarcely tell fact from fiction. | |
| 9. | I scarcely slept a wink. | |
| 10. | I can scarcely believe it. |