Sentence examples for slight accomplishments from inspiring English sources

(He chalks up the "relatively slight accomplishments of Japanese science" to the "Confucian respect for elders that funnels support to mediocre older scientists instead of more talented younger ones" and a tendency to avoid debate).

This is no slight accomplishment — testing the limits of human experience and endurance without a safety net.

Never does she slight their accomplishments or treat them as freaks.

I don't mean to slight these accomplishments, which have made New York a lovable, visitor-friendly place once again.

None of this is to slight the accomplishment of cinematic versions.

I don't want to take anything away from what A. J.'s done, on the other hand, but I don't want to slight Donovan's accomplishments, either.

This is not by any means to slight Mr. Weir's accomplishment (or, for that matter, O'Brian's); it is, rather, to explain why, in his expert hands, the smallest details of shipboard behavior become so breathlessly absorbing.

When Mr. Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he said, "Compared to some of the giants of history who've received this prize — Schweitzer and King, Marshall and Mandela — my accomplishments are slight".

Compared to some of the giants of history who have received this prize Schweitzer and King; Marshall and Mandela my accomplishments are slight.

He said that "compared to some of the giants of history who have received this prize," his accomplishments "are slight" and suggested that he had been chosen not so much for what he had done but for what he is expected to do.

Compared to some of the giants of history who have received this prize – Schweitzer and King; Marshall and Mandela – my accomplishments are slight.