The barrier dropped a scant two seconds after he had passed.

He needed a scant two seconds to get out of danger.

In the scant seconds of his attack Pope had done considerable damage.

His mind turned over the entire situation during the interval of a scant few seconds.

He had destroyed them all in scant seconds, but a movement behind caused him to swivel and fire.

From first blast to last, scant seconds had passed.

The four of them exchanged about six glances in a scant second.

The soldier knew he had scant seconds to get to cover.

All of that ran through his mind without words, in scant seconds.

The cards had been scant seconds away in time.