Sentence examples for slightly a day from inspiring English sources

The yen also eased slightly, a day after the G7 group of major industrialised countries issued a statement expressing concern over the currency's recent dramatic gains against the dollar, the euro and other currencies.

The gesture eased tensions slightly a day after one person was killed and scores were wounded when grenades exploded near red shirt barricades in the capital.

Its shares rose slightly on a day when the prices of most telecommunications companies fell sharply.

What's the good of the BBC, holding its nose slightly, on a day you want to learn about a politician's extramarital affair?

Stocks edged slightly lower Thursday a day after the Dow Jones industrials closed at a record high.

In slightly better shape a day later, I felt ready to take the logical next step.

The Nasdaq market ended slightly higher yesterday, a day after Cisco Systems reported strong results, while interest-rate-sensitive banking and retail shares dragged down blue chip stocks.

Alcoa and HP's shares edged only slightly lower on a day when major U.S. indexes — and even BofA's stock — all rose nearly 1%.

In 2014, Chicago has a murder rate of slightly over one a day, and many of those occur with unregistered guns.

In 2011, the suicide rate for teens and young adults aged 15 to 24 was 11percentt -- roughly 4,600 a year -- that's slightly over 12 a day.

Here it was a muggy, slightly unsettling day, with a low fuzz of bruised cloud clinging over the hills behind the board.