Sentence examples for slightly missing from inspiring English sources

Perhaps he was aiming for a sort of Spectoresque wall-of-sound effect and slightly missing the mark.

Suddenly he shouts, "Hey, Jack!" The president, apparently following the voice, turns and, slightly missing the mark, looks straight at me, freezing me in place.

Profit rose to $14.07 billion in the first six months of the year from $12.74 billion in the period a year earlier, slightly missing analysts' forecasts.

Equally, Gordon Strachan was slightly missing the point in his television analysis when he placed the emphasis on Moyes having to show that a British manager could work at the highest level.

Clare Pelham, chief executive of Leonard Cheshire Disability, told the BBC: "That final sentence in his apology when he apologises – if he has caused any offence to disabled people – is him slightly missing the point.

I've heard a story about Blair giving Powell his old shirts, which I assume to be apocryphal, but Powell says that, on the contrary, it was very much true and, "I'm slightly missing not having them now, because I don't get them any more... .. Like his old boss's, his hair bears witness to the strains of 10 years in power, but he looks somehow younger than his 51 years.

But again I slightly miss the mark.

This slightly misses the point, I suspect.

The company's revenue slightly missed analysts' expectations.

All this is laudable, but slightly misses the point.

"But it slightly misses the point," said Dorries.