Sentence examples for a mere hint from inspiring English sources

That arrival in the port of Riposto was a mere hint of what was to come.

Slate has published a hash of thoughts from its editors, in which a majority think that a mere hint of a proposition should not be a crime.

The starter consisted of four deep-fried jumbo shrimp (with a mere hint of coconut), a zesty Asian slaw and sweet-tart apricot dip.

People would sometimes tell him how brave he was to defend people's civil liberties in the 1950s, during the time of the blacklist, when a mere hint of Communist sympathy could cost people their jobs.

Among the more interesting starters, however, was a bowl of mussels in a broth of white wine, garlic, tarragon and a mere hint of cream, which nicely bound the flavors.

With flag-wavers set for a summer of Jubilee and Olympic revelry, some Brits will inevitably want to be as far away as possible from even a mere hint of bunting.

His theory is that television stations, lulled by a succession of mild winters, provide breathless saturation coverage at the mere hint of a storm, driving people inside and sending public officials into overdrive.

The mere hint of such a change could cause a panic in the Italian bond market.

Investors were quick to sell on the mere hint of a credit downgrade.

There, analysts are treated like senators, and markets are moved with the mere hint of a merger.

Take diving, for instance, the bane of rinkside fundamentalists, who ridicule soccer stars for writhing in fake agony at the mere hint of a trip.