not in the least
Example Sentences
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I will refrain from stating exactly how long it had been since I, personally, had made a Cranberry Chiffon Pie before this past Thanksgiving — but I was not concerned, not in the least.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2024
After four defeats on the road for Tottenham, and their latest showing at Southampton, I'm not in the least bit surprised that Antonio Conte has blown his top.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2023
Things have gotten better since then, not in the least because the studio Field got her first full-time job at in 2012 was sold in 2016, and she and her co-worker, Ed Brooks, bought it.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2022
Her mice, which became the subjects of poetry she wrote in her free time, were not in the least monstrous, she found, and provided fundamental insight into the understanding of genetics and, in time, cancer.
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022
Ever since Father had returned the compliment of the widow downstairs by insisting his wife was not in the least lovely, and in truth was only an old rag, the widow had stopped greeting him.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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