It was now October, and Rome was only scant miles away.

My home in Waldwick is a scant two miles from the hospital.

The vessel was a scant mile away, and must have been visible long before the sleepy watcher had seen her.

Its speed was nothing worth noting: a scant twenty miles per second almost sunward.

Only minutes remained before the ship would take her final plunge a scant two miles from shore.

The total was a scant 35 miles - practically walking distance.

The amphibs were a scant ten miles away.

The ultimate demise came when the railroad located through Easley, a scant 2 miles away.

A brisk walk of a scant mile or less separates it from the current town limits.

I had grown up scant miles from St. Elizabeth.