Sentence examples for slightly trim from inspiring English sources

Cool slightly, trim skin away with paring knife, and force flesh through food mill.

A Senate panel today approved a 2012 spending bill that would slightly trim the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), cutting it by $190 million to $30.5 billion.

And Renko incurs a serious head injury, leaving him with "one brain, slightly trimmed".

Are there holes in the carpet now that the bankers bonuses have been (slightly) trimmed?

Last year, it finally took a baby step, slightly trimming pension payments.

The company reduced his share option package to 619,095 from 18.2 million shares and slightly trimmed his restricted stock awards to $8 million from $8.7 million.

They have returned to profitability – partly due to the reduction in competition caused by the financial crisis – and pay, only slightly trimmed by Darling's tax, is rising.

The Google and Comcast increases came as most other tech and communications companies slightly trimmed or held their lobbying costs flat, the House records show.

But if you don't mind seeing it in slightly trimmed American theatrical form, it will be shown on Monday at 7 p.m. at TWO BOOTS PIONEER THEATER in the East Village, along with Mr. Argento's sublime "DEEP RED," from 1974.

To the Editor: I enjoyed Catharine Reynolds's article about the Palais Royal "By the Louvre, Bibelots, Brocade and Foie Gras" (Dec. 9), but for visitors to Paris on a slightly trimmer budget, the Palais Royal has some less rarefied treats.

"Even though many companies slightly trimmed their first-quarter spending, it's important to understand just how much money these companies are throwing around in Washington to buy the policies they want," said John Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's privacy project director.