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
Inside, you can be sure every effort will be made to snuff out the merest hint of discontent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024
Before Saturday, the atmospheric spigots of April had given us the merest trickle of moisture.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2023
But, in truth, the monster managed only the merest tiny little cough of smoke before turning over on its side and giving up the ghost.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
