Sentence examples for a slight stretch from inspiring English sources

And it is only a slight stretch to say that he found it, and proved Agassiz wrong.

South opened with that bid, a slight stretch based on the solidity of his suit, and probably regretted his enterprise when he saw the dummy.

Anyone who has spent time interacting with Siri on their iPhone will require only a slight stretch of the imagination to accept the premise here – reconstructing online personalities from social media records after the death of their owners.

However, in 1870 an amendment to the laws was added: 'The goalkeeper may, within his own half of the field of play, use his hands, but shall not carry the ball.' For the next 40-odd years (and, admittedly, it might be a slight stretch to call 40 years shortlived), football trundled on fairly well, making additions here and there, but the goalkeeper rule remained – until Roose came along.

A slight stretch reduces the modulus of AlLi by a small amount.

According to Syed's LinkedIn, he joined Twitch in November of last year, so Twitch's characterization of the ClipMine acquisition as "recent" is a slight stretch.

While Lisbeth is smart, fast, and relentless, her powers are just a slight stretching of the possible.

After compression testing a slight stretching of PE-treated CBG but not NCB specimen demonstrated maintained elastic properties as observed by a gain in height by approximately 1 mm to 3 mm as displayed in Figure 1(h).

Bend each finger back until you feel a slight stretching.

Niyonshuti comes from Rwanda, and he was on his way to London, and it's only a slight metaphorical stretch to say that he was making the entire journey by bike.

In the second movement, a nostalgic and slightly sentimental minuet ("What the Flowers of the Meadow Tell Me"), Mr. Maazel again tested my patience with his penchant for micromanaging the shape of every melodic phrase, right down to the slight stretching of a triplet.