soupcon

Example Sentences

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Frank needs a smaller life, one that will allow him to regain a soupcon of his soul and maybe find a piece of his heart.

From Washington Times • Oct. 9, 2018

In between are dozens that you thought were just OK: An X-Men movie here and there, with a soupcon of Star Trek tossed in.

From Time • Jul. 26, 2017

Even if it were permitted, adding a soupcon of his DNA to the donor’s sample doesn’t sound like a useful feint for your husband.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2015

We’re all only a fraction, a scintilla, a soupcon, if you will, from messing up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2014

These kind of "tableaux vivants" or "art studies" give quite a thrill of novelty to Cairene-English Society,—a touch of savagery,—a soupcon of peculiarity which is entirely lacking to fashionable London.

From Ziska by Corelli, Marie