Sentence examples for a slight dash of from inspiring English sources

Longfellow thought Dickens had "a slight dash of the Dick Swiveller about him".

As a band Tamarama is barely the sum of its influences: generous helpings of surf rock, with slight dashes of Hawaii and the Caribbean.

Though the United States has not lost a qualifying match at home since 2001, this one was played with the slightest dash of anxiety.

Western Union please...being a slight impression of one actress dashing off a witty telegram to another.

By Patricia Collinge The New Yorker, January 2 , 1926 P. 30Western Union please...being a slight impression of one actress dashing off a witty telegram to another... View Article By Alan Burdick By Larissa MacFarquhar By Phil Klay By Charles Bethea.

Callaghan never forgot that he had missed out on a university education and was not without a certain chippiness or a dash of menace: he was particularly sensitive to slights from better-educated rivals.

Dashing into a slight headwind, Bolt won the 100 meters in a modest 10.04 seconds, his slowest time in the event in three years.

For 5-HT generated AS aggregates, we observed a prominent CD-signal increase below 210 nm and a slight decrease of the CD-signal around 220 nm, compared to monomeric AS (Fig. 4, dash-dotted line).

For example, if you are serving the chocolate spoons following a Mexican fiesta you may want to add some spice or even a slight kick to the chocolate such as a small dash of cayenne pepper.

There was a slight smell of incense.

This is a slight expansion of Vernonia.