Sentence examples for bear a slight from inspiring English sources

Wearing a beard, I'd probably bear a slight resemblance to him.

The flowers, ruby-colored Australian wild hibiscus, bear a slight resemblance to sea anemones.

It took me a while longer to understand that, because I bear a slight resemblance to Sir Ronnie Flanagan, who was then the head of police in Northern Ireland, the entire gay bar, Catholic and Protestant, had dropped their cruising poses, and had started to talk animatedly.

In 1996, researchers discovered that fetal DNA could seep into maternal blood, offering the opportunity to screen for diseases without jabbing a needle into the amniotic fluid or other invasive techniques, which bear a slight risk of miscarriage (ScienceNow, 31 October 1996).

The disparity in how Tea Partiers see Cruz versus how the rest of the country sees him does bear a slight resemblance to the fallout of a spectacle that took place on the floor of the Senate in the 19th century.

Dr. Ross-Lee, an osteopath, bears a slight resemblance to her famous sibling.

Natasha Lowe, who portrays Blanche, bears a slight resemblance to Jessica Tandy, who created the role in the original 1947 production.

In the deadpan lexicon of infantry life, several soldiers nicknamed him "Charles Manson," to whom he bears a slight resemblance.

That means that some women may undergo amniocentesis, which, in addition to being invasive, bears a slight risk of causing miscarriage.

Ms. Hobmeier, with her pale beauty and lush strawberry blond tresses, bears a slight resemblance to Hanna Schygulla, the Fassbinder muse who created the role in the movie.

Bearing a slight resemblance to human sperm, its bulbous head contains about 170,000 base pairs ("letters") of DNA encoding nearly 300 genes quite large by phage standards.