Well now, look here," he said, with anger that scarcely rose above peevishness, "I don't think you ought to call me that.

Retail price rises averaged 17.8 per cent for the year, but foreign economists said that in the fourth quarter inflation scarcely rose above zero.

Her voice, however, scarcely rose above a whisper.

We were about to crash when the ship rose vertically scarcely a dozen yards from the cliff.

Hardly had he spoken, when a strange apparition rose from behind a rock scarcely a quarter of a mile away.

He could scarcely rise before she was gone.

It would also violate 42 agreements with other countries even though textile imports "are scarcely rising at all," he said.

Moreover, retail sales scarcely rose last month while hourly earnings retreated from a June surge.

He leaned still further across the table, his shoulders hunched, his voice scarcely rising above a whisper.

But he could scarcely rise when Mildred tried to help him.