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
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I watched him sharply, but he did not turn a hair nor move a muscle.
From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose
She looked at Bart in his Lhari clothing, at Meta in her Mentorian robe and cloak, at Ringg, and her unruffled dignity did not turn a hair.
From The Colors of Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
He did not turn a hair when the trucks of equipment arrived from the house on Martin's Hill; he already had room for it in the cellar.
From The Fourth R by Smith, George Oliver