Sentence examples for merest trace from inspiring English sources

In the film's opening scene, which only has the merest trace of a connection to what follows, Van Damme plays a messiah.

The words float out of his mouth as if he were too tired to muster the strength for a single inflection, and this gives the picture the merest trace of believability.

Until Russia can answer such questions with the merest trace of coherence, it has no business looking at the U.S. as a mirror.

For honestly believing that real life in our great land had become just one big reality show and that overnight, without benefit of wisdom, knowledge, intellect, experience, ethics, conscience or the merest trace of substance, you wouldn't get voted off the island, could/would dance better than anyone else or be selected the next American Idol rather than the next American Midol.

Notably, the languages show only the merest traces of the declension of the noun, although the verb preserves a full inflectional system (that is, it has a full series of endings).

She also says that the perfume industry has informed EU authorities that "it is technically possible" to remove the offending molecules from oakmoss extract beyond mere trace levels.

The reality check was two small, steamed won tons stuffed with minced mushrooms on a plate with steamed spinach and a mere trace of seasoning.

Images from the world of science seem like mere trace elements in the visual deluge that sweeps across monitors and glossy pages.

After all those centuries in a crypt, however, a mere trace of DNA was all that could be extracted from Columbus's bones, and Dr. Lorente has said he is loath to use it indiscriminately.

Bronze is improved in hardness and strength by the addition of a small amount of phosphorus; phosphor bronze may contain 1 or 2 percent phosphorus in the ingot and a mere trace after casting, but its strength is nonetheless enhanced for such applications as pump plungers, valves, and bushings.

Alloys prepared in this way, known as phosphor bronzes, may contain only about 1 percent phosphorus in the ingot and a mere trace after casting, but their value is nevertheless enhanced for purposes in which a hard, strong metal is required, as for pumps, plungers, valves, and the bushings of bearings.