merest
Example Sentences
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Hilton has been campaigning hard, as though he has more than the merest speck of a chance of pulling an epic upset and somehow prevailing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
She reset to hold, then wrestled back the break, allowing herself the merest of smiles.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
His strictly regulated factory model brooks no challenges from his workers, and he employs an enormous security force to snuff out the merest whisper of pro-union sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Before Saturday, the atmospheric spigots of April had given us the merest trickle of moisture.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2023
—The window was the merest slit in the black rock, not big enough for a man to enter....A skeletal figure was just visible through it, curled beneath a blanket....Dead, or sleeping...?
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
