Sentence examples for it could least from inspiring English sources

So, Wall Street was confronted with shrinking profit margins when it could least afford them.

Burg's remarks about Edenic Europe and his French passport were hypocritical, a particularly Israeli form of bad taste at a time when it could least be tolerated.

The French president, François Hollande, told UK PM David Cameron last week that he wanted to see Hinkley go ahead, but he has loaded EDF with added financial responsibilities at a time when it could least manage them.

Howard Archer at IHS Global Insight said: "Given that John Lewis department store sales are seen as good bellwether for the health of consumer spending, the data does highlight the fact that the economy has taken a hit from the snow at a time when it could least afford to, although at least this hit will be temporary.

They hope to salvage at least part of the mission so that it could at least rendezvous with an Earth-orbiting satellite.

But it could at least try.

Well, it could – at least for a while.

But it could, at least, be a step back from the brink.

A unilateral withdrawal would not bring formal peace, but it could at least bring calm.

Yes, it could, at least when it affected what Alex Berenson calls simply "the number".

Back then, it could at least appear to be a "resistance" group.