Sentence examples for slight and a from inspiring English sources

Pinchosl was small and slight, and a poor Yeshiva student.

Pinchosl was small and slight, and a poor… In Poland on a winter night, the beggars slept on benches in the study house.

Many women in Babbage's circles tell him that an unfollow is taken as a slight and a block as a large affront; both may result in retaliation.

Where the evidence against a defendant is slight, and a trial would cause misery to witnesses (a rape case, for example), some judges currently reward guilty pleas with a discount greater than one-third; stronger evidence means a smaller reduction.

There were a slight and a distinct decrease of the cake layer permeation as MLSS increased less and larger than 10,000 mg/L, respectively.

In the final analysis Bakersfield Mist, neatly directed by Polly Teale and cleverly designed by Tom Piper, is too slight, and a touch too pleased with itself, to be fully satisfying.

Concerning the PVSG cohort of PV patients 25% showed a slight and 11% a moderate to marked increase in reticulin.

Investigations on the nutritive quality of the processed vegetable indicated that there was a slight decrease and a slight increase in some nutritional parameters after mechanical processing.

Unfortunately, the mystery is slight and lacks a coherent hinterland, while Damien has an unhappy fondness for mediocre aphorism.

Robert Hare is bearded and slight, and has a detached, feline manner.

The dances read like sketches, handsome but slight and perhaps a bit dusty.