Sentence examples for things so slight from inspiring English sources

And when I would refuse his compromise, He'd give half to the poor before my eyes.... His conscience even grieves at things so slight As having picked in prayer a tiny flea He thinks he crushed to death too angrily.... [T]here's nothing that's less dignified Than zealots shelled up in their fake outside.... They're good at mixing up their zeal with vice.

And yet, the mayors — Democrats and Republicans — wanted to be clear about one thing: this ever so slight upswing in their cities has zero to do with Congress.

He refers to the "little things, these unsubstantial details, so slight and fragile, which make us what we are.

We learn a bit about bioluminescence and a smattering of other things, but the material is so slight that we have to keep being reassured how scientifically authentic this imagined world is.

In the flyweight category, the boxers were nippy and balletic; they were so slight that, when they did that hugging thing that boxers do during bouts, they looked like drunk teenagers patching up an argument.

You end up with things like Stars Come Out, the sound of a producer frantically chucking ideas at a melody so slight it's impossible to hit.

"He was so slight of build.

The decline is slight – so slight that the Office for National Statistics describes it as statistically negligible.

The pause was so slight Jake didn't even noticeit.

Perhaps because he suddenly looked so slight, that surprised me.

The evidence to support it is so slight.