Sentence examples for touch slightly from inspiring English sources

"touch slightly" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe an action that is gentle or light, such as when you want to make minimal contact with something. Example: She touched his arm slightly in a comforting way.

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Perhaps because New Orleans has had more than its share of near-death experiences — one is still being felt — or because decadence, disease and racial strife have long accompanied its ecstatic festivities and intermingling cultures, many of its museums seem to touch slightly raw nerves.

Now lay your third 2″ x 4 yard (3.7 m) strip centered 3″ from the bottom hem, so the 2 ruffles will touch slightly.

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The high of 21.98 was reached about noon and the low point of 21.24 touched slightly before the dose of the session.

Interview: Adèle Exarchopoulos Sebastián Lelio's mysterious drama about middle-aged dating in modern-day Chile is a very singular beast - touching, slightly scary, always gripping.

Mr. Durbin touched slightly, if not convincingly, on this hypothetical, while conceding that community colleges — but apparently not other higher-education nonprofits — should be held to a "gainful employment" standard.

Still, while providing many practical considerations, the topic of security and protection of sensitive data was only touched slightly in this concept.

Our shoulders touched slightly like links in a chain, kneeling around a small twin bed, our heads bowed, eyes closed: "Our Father who art in heaven," we mimicked, as mama kneeling at the foot of the bed, led us in prayer.

Like, "touch it slightly too hard, but ever so slightly mind you, yes, that slightly," and it'd smash into smithereens delicate.

Piper touches slightly on race, saying in his note: "We believe the content of your character is more important than the color of your skin".

The images in Linda Fregni Nagler's book are touching and slightly macabre.

Mithchell is a rather touching, questing, slightly ridiculous, sweet-hearted person, as I've drawn him.

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