slightest

Example Sentences

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But this framing collapses under the slightest scrutiny.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

America may have empowered the president to give the capital a case of Mar-a-Lago face, but the city’s inhabitants get only the slightest of say in federal matters.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

It’s a medicated but functioning limbo that Peet, in one of her best roles, conveys without the slightest trace of pity but with a coursing, wryly emotional intelligence that always reveals the sadness fueling it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"If we have the slightest hope of seeing our homeland, that is ok for us," said one woman in the city of Sulaymaniyah, close to the Iranian border.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Father was in the dining room when we reached it and greeted Mr. Weil without the slightest sign of surprise.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom