soupcon
Example Sentences
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The presence of Kaczmarek, so good as the harried mom on the long-running Fox sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle,” provides an added soupcon of irony.
From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2022
Frank needs a smaller life, one that will allow him to regain a soupcon of his soul and maybe find a piece of his heart.
From Washington Times • Oct. 9, 2018
In between are dozens that you thought were just OK: An X-Men movie here and there, with a soupcon of Star Trek tossed in.
From Time • Jul. 26, 2017
As I was saying, the flag can be camouflaged—a soupcon of red cotton peeking out from beneath an overturned canoe, perhaps.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2014
And the soupcon of blue on the hat and in the earrings of miladi lights up the whole personality.
From December Love by Hichens, Robert Smythe