Sentence examples for makes slightly from inspiring English sources

Federer, meanwhile, makes slightly tough work of his first service game, putting two attempted winners first long, then wide.

(Gallingly, the Outlander's V-6 makes slightly less horsepower and 38 fewer pound-feet of torque than the turbocharged 4-cylinder in Mitsubishi's Lancer Sportback Ralliart).

And also understand and accept that the organisation is somewhat politicised, and as a result makes slightly odd decisions from time to time.

Mr. Grotjahn, who is 38, makes slightly obstreperous paintings of faces and flowers, as well as the thick-surfaced pinwheel abstractions for which is he becoming best known.

But Certified Copy isn't quite what it seems – although I won't overwork that turn of phrase, given that the film makes slightly heavy weather of the importance of not trusting appearances.

After two years at the factory, Mr. Baker makes slightly more than $9 an hour toting meat away from the cut line, slightly less than $20,000 a year, 45 cents an hour less than Mrs. Fernandez.

Instead, they're only making slightly over a penny on every dollar in revenue.

You write a book of poems, and you make slightly more than zero dollars.

He would make slightly more than Tyson Chandler, the reigning defensive player of the year.

He has been made slightly freer to choose by the Manchester conference.

The Ford Motor Company made slightly more than five million Model A's from 1928 through 1931.