not turn a hair
Example Sentences
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America did not turn a hair, any more than it did about the Union Carbide explosion that killed 15,000 Indians in Bhopal in 1984, with only trivial compensation paid.
From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2010
A philosophical New Dealer and onetime college president, Mr. Horsfall did not turn a hair at the appearance of armed men on the Arkansas landscape.
From Time Magazine Archive
They did not turn a hair, and walked about within twenty feet of the wolf with their tails carried as gayly as though they were on exhibition at a bench show.
From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various
I assure you," Lord Henry rejoined, "the bulk of the men at my club would not turn a hair at the suggestion.
From Too Old for Dolls A Novel by Ludovici, Anthony M. (Anthony Mario)
I watched him sharply, but he did not turn a hair nor move a muscle.
From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose
