Sentence examples for subtle uptick from inspiring English sources
"So far this year," said Mr. Miller, "there's been a modest rise, a subtle uptick".
Other shifts in the genre have been more subtle: an uptick in historical detective fiction, a trendy turn to metaphysical religious themes and supernatural subject matter, and a wave of nostalgia-based plots.
And the signs that we have reached our limits, though clear enough, are also fairly subtle: a modest increase in inflation, mainly due to oil but with some uptick in the "core" rate that supposedly excludes transitory factors, an acceleration of wage increases to a rate a bit more than productivity growth.
Faced with an uptick in thefts, Vancouver Constable Brian Montague decided to throw some not-so-subtle shade Alberta's way during a Tuesday presser, when asked about Alberta transplants committing crimes.
Why the predicted uptick?
Two events prompted an uptick.
An uptick has quietly begun.
Otherwise, things were on the uptick.
The net result was a business uptick.
