Sentence examples for slight upon from inspiring English sources

After the toss Strauss attempted to soften the blow, suggesting that this was no slight upon Swann, but he was not at his most persuasive.

But the fact that the appeal has succeeded is not to be regarded as a slight upon the trial judge who is to be congratulated for the manner in which she conducted the proceedings.

The most outrageous and instructive example was abetting in the splitting of the country in 1971 and then pretending that it was a gargantuan slight upon him and the country.

I mean, that is an absolute slight upon the entire Christian faith that someone can become a hero simply for acknowledging the God upon which the nation and our laws are founded.

The report simply followed the words of the statute and stated that Goebel had received 'the highest number of legal votes,' giving no basis, not the slightest, upon which the legislature could determine the correctness of that statement.

Although Lincoln had no objection to the first of these amendments, he was unalterably opposed to the second and indeed to any scheme infringing in the slightest upon the free-soil plank of his party's platform.

At this coronation there was a slight innovation upon the usual Siamese custom.

Fans were instructed to "anticipate slight delays upon entering the grounds," according to a statement from the group Saturday.

The decomposition temperature shows a slight increase upon the addition of clay, especially for the Cloisite 30B nanocomposites.

The performances of the electrochromic devices with graphene electrodes exhibited slight decrease upon voltage switching while those of the devices with ITO electrodes decreased dramatically.

The face, which was of a yellowish flesh color, was a slight improvement upon that of the large orang outang, being more open and intelligent in its expression, and having a much greater expansion of forehead. . . .