Sentence examples for slight of a from inspiring English sources

And at Penn State, the people making decisions now can't afford the risk, no matter how slight, of a hire that could be tied into any future criminal or civil cases pertaining to the Sandusky scandal.

We "miss" the slight of a waiter/waitress or store clerk when we are out with friends of color.

Struck in the field, he incurred a slight fracture of a little finger.

Slight of build, with a wispy goatee, he does not fit any leading-man molds.

Aesthetics clearly matter to Cole, who is slight of build with a jovial, gap-toothed grin.

There is a risk, however slight, of being impaled on a parking meter.

The only movement was the slight stirring of a flag.

Sale remain in with a slight chance of a top-six finish.

If the 1500w motor emits anything, it's the slight whoosh of a milk float.

There was also a slight possibility of a "surprise" device featuring an Intel CPU.

Next we recall a slight modification of a characterization of Hölder continuous functions [19].