Sentence examples for a few lightly from inspiring English sources

A few lightly pickled vegetables.

When the militiamen, who were worked into a frenzy after being told that the Palestinians were responsible for Gemayel's killing, entered on the evening of 16 September, the only resistance they encountered was from a few lightly armed young men.

Among the police, casualties were limited to a few lightly wounded.

Seen from the parking lot outside, the dome resembles more than a few lightly ornamented postwar buildings around the country, including William Pereira's Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which opened the same year.

This can be compared with the well-accepted progression in NFT ranging from a few lightly stained cytoplasmic filaments (Fig.  2b, c, neurons i) to robustly staining mature fibrous NFT (Fig.  2b, c, neurons ii), with ghost NFT as an end stage (Fig.  2d, area iii).

Use a few cross hedged strokes, a few light lines, lightly shaded blobs, etc.

It is a dried salt fish, similar to cod, which is soaked in water for a few hours, lightly poached and served in a heavy cream sauce.

Heat a heavy frying pan and cook the chorizo on a medium heat for a few minutes, lightly colouring them, then drain any fat away and pat with some kitchen paper and add to the stew.

(Author's note: I've edited a few quotes lightly for length and clarity).

Iraqi security forces, which number hundreds of thousands of men, almost disintegrated under a stunning sweep of only a few thousand, lightly armed al-Qaeda-linked fighters.

Before adding the water, tap the Fuzeon powder vial a few times lightly.