Sentence examples for was slightly wider from inspiring English sources
adverb
Slenderly; delicately.
- He was slightly built, but tall.
(His lead was slightly wider in some important swing states).
A Fox News poll found the gap was slightly wider, with the margin between favorable and unfavorable towards Obamacare at 26pt, and just 16pt for the ACA.
Mr. Obama's margin of victory in the poll was slightly wider than Mr. Romney's following the first presidential debate in Denver, which a similar CBS News poll gave to Mr. Romney at 46 percent to 22 percent.
The overall result was slightly wider than predicted with 55% No to 45% Yes but the split varied across areas.
The platform itself rested on top of the container wagon and was slightly wider than the container wagon itself (Fig. 7).
In addition, the bandwidth of suppression was slightly wider for off-CF probes.
The throw beat Guzman to the bag, but it was slightly wide of third baseman Aaron Boone, who shifted his momentum to the right to catch the ball and could not reach back for the tag in time.
Christie was slightly wide of the official line and Team GB decided not to appeal against the decision having looked at the race footage.
Right fielder Yasmany Tomas' throw beat Wilson to second by several feet but was slightly wide of the bag.
Upstairs, the back room is slightly wider than the front.
Women's saddles are slightly wider and shorter.
