slightest
Example Sentences
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It’s a medicated but functioning limbo that Peet, in one of her best roles, conveys without the slightest trace of pity but with a coursing, wryly emotional intelligence that always reveals the sadness fueling it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
"I can assure you, if we have just the slightest chance of getting the prize, we won't give it away to anybody else."
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
The slightest hint of conflict sends him marching off in a silent funk, actually.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
"If we have the slightest hope of seeing our homeland, that is ok for us," said one woman in the city of Sulaymaniyah, close to the Iranian border.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
The slightest hope the book might somehow be a wishing genie vanished.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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