Sentence examples for slight in a from inspiring English sources

The movies have since avenged that slight in a way that seems at least arguably Jamesian: They have paid his work the ambiguous tribute of their attention.

In the search for possible traces of Etan Patz, you can't help but wonder if the city's long-ago fiscal troubles played a role, however slight, in a case whose power to sadden and confuse never diminishes.

For the 46-year-old, who was once proud to wear the famous green beret, it was the latest slight in a downward spiral which began when he left the Royal Marines 11 years earlier.

On April 9, the company characterized the growth of that business as "slight" in a first-quarter earnings pre-announcement.

A slight teenager in a baseball cap for a moment was not recognised.

He has soldiered on, for club and country, with a slight tear in a thigh muscle.

Moussaeiff was a slight man in a wheelchair with watery but very keen blue eyes.

One reason is that slight errors in a political contest matter less in market research.

The church surely cannot be seen as a "friend" of LGBT people even if we see a very slight -- in a centuries-long context -- overture by this new pope.

Cruz has only a slight lead in a state considered a GOP stronghold.

That brought a slight improvement in fortunes – a 2-0 defeatoto Nigeria.