Sentence examples for was only a touch from inspiring English sources

"What better plan could I have?" There was only a touch of sarcasm.

"They all got rejected by every single person in publishing, in the world," she said, with what she insists is only a touch of hyperbole.

It's like settling a basketball game with a game of H.O.R.S.E., and it's only a touch better than resolving the Tour de France by seeing who can change a flat tire faster.

Aid workers reel off the wearily familiar statistics: maternal mortality rates are the world's highest; so are mortality rates for the under-fives; life expectancy is only a touch over 40; probably two-thirds of women are illiterate; over 70% of Sierra Leonians get by on less than 70 American cents a day.

Because the house is only a touch over 17 feet wide, the couple gave it a sense of volume and light by reinforcing the parlor-floor ceiling with steel and removing the wall that separated the room from the stair hall.

Sketch's pink is only a touch lighter than Baker-Miller pink, also known as "drunk-tank pink," which became familiar in the late nineteen-seventies when a paper published in Orthomolecular Psychiatry claimed that a pair of correctional officers named Baker and Miller had seen a drastic improvement in prisoners' behavior after applying the color to a holding cell.

Relevant features such as cut and paste are only a touch away for the ultimate smartphone experience.

GDP, or national income, increased at an annual rate of 2.4% in the first three months of the year, which looks pretty good by international standards - and is only a touch slower than the 2.5% forecast for this year made in the Budget by the government's official forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Watching the sailboats cruising throughout the harbor and cracking open fresh lobster is only a touch of what summers are like in Boston.

The emphasis had shifted completely with Chelsea looking the more likely winners and it was only a vital touch from De Gea's right-foot that stopped Mata giving Benitez's side the victory.

There was space to be found behind the Germany back four and when Francesco Totti flighted a through ball five minutes later it was only an unsatisfactory touch by Simone Perrotta that let Lehmann block.