merest

Example Sentences

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Before Lamarck, naturalists saw organisms as passive, depending on supernatural intervention for their merest actions as well as their very existence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

She reset to hold, then wrestled back the break, allowing herself the merest of smiles.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Acquaroli, quietly astonishing, brings humanity and the merest touch of weary humor to his stubborn policeman.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

"Lapwood's music was evocative, deploying the organ's entire range, from the merest whisper to stadium-rock pomp at full volume," he wrote.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023

She throws me the quickest of glances—with just the merest hint of a smile—and then looks over the backs of her horses.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen