scintilla

Example Sentences

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No need to exert him any more, not when there was not a scintilla of a threat of a comeback from Scotland.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025

You can most certainly ring in the New Year with a glass in your hand that doesn't have a scintilla of liquor — and still have a positively magnificent time.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2023

“When it comes to police, if there’s a scintilla of doubt they decide not to prosecute,” Morris said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

“There is not a scintilla of evidence supporting the scandalous allegations that the Church harassed the accusers,” she wrote in an e-mail to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023

A scintilla of doubt had begun to insinuate itself.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady