Sentence examples for undermined slightly from inspiring English sources

Of course, Victor's credibility as a have-not is undermined slightly when we leave the restaurant and I notice he is driving a shiny Porsche 911.

A whinge it might be, and undermined slightly by events yesterday at Trent Bridge, but it leaves me in no doubt of Harmison's passion for the game, even if it is dwarfed by his passion for another game.

"In eighth grade!" Obama repeated, with a laugh and a wave of his hand, his assertion of his own grizzledness undermined, slightly, by what appeared to be his gum-chewing throughout the event, and by his focus during the discussion on his own younger years, and what politics had meant to him then.

Asked why people who do want to scoot won't just buy, rather than rent Mignot talks up the hassle of ownership — undermined slightly by the fact he is also a scooter owner (despite the claimed faff from problems such as frequent flat tires and the chore of the nightly charge).

In a letter to Justice Felix Frankfurter of the United States Supreme Court, Judge Hand called the young man "the law clerk to beat all law clerks," a compliment he undermined only slightly by calling him "Roland Dworkin".

(The real-time selfie requirement is slightly undermined by the app auto-applying a filter to your selfie which can result in a slightly less than au natural shot but a smattering of 'mood lighting' is obviously intended).

His impact however is slightly undermined by Mara Galeazzi's Vetsera.

It's a worthy and important message only slightly undermined by its cereal-selling objectives.

(His words were slightly undermined by his T-shirt, which had the word JERK emblazoned across the chest).

Graham, an inveterate jokester, slightly undermined the moment by joking shortly afterwards: "I feel like I'm on Oprah".

His case is slightly undermined by the grim techno beats that make up much of the incidental music.