Sentence examples for slightly unlikely from inspiring English sources

Mr. Keigwin's background is slightly unlikely for a choreographer.

This breakthrough was delivered by the slightly unlikely figure of Lascelles.

Lionel Richie has spent the last two months in a familiar though slightly unlikely place: back on the pop charts.

It's a powerful story, told with a calm conviction that suggests the book's slightly unlikely coupling of author and subject might actually be an entirely natural match.

It's a remarkable, and slightly unlikely bit of detection, though no more unbelievable than that "green ears" deduction back in season one.

When she first became famous, back in the 70s, Jong's googly eyes and squashy nose turned her into a slightly unlikely sex symbol.

The two productions have a common link in the conductor Anthony Negus, who has emerged as a slightly unlikely figure to be at the heart of this Wagnerian intensity.

"Instead of the companies competing with one another to go after the last kingclip, it basically brings them around the table in a slightly unlikely partnership," du Plessis explains.