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Example sentences for "however slight"

  • Most or perhaps all the variations from the typical form of a species must have some definite effect, however slight, on the habits or capacities of the individuals.

  • Nevertheless, we can here and there dimly catch a faint ray of light, and we may feel sure that there must be some cause for each deviation of structure, however slight.

  • But he would read any volume of letters or personal memoirs; none were too poor that had the throb of life in them, however slight.

  • The thing which caught his fancy, however slight or however important, possessed him fully for the time, even if never afterward.

  • My soul was now sensitive to every offence I committed against God, however slight it might be; so much so, that if I had any superfluity about me, I could not recollect myself in prayer till I had got rid of it.

  • And I cannot admit that either, for they would have left traces of their passage upon the plains which the atmosphere, however slight, covers.

  • However slight it had been, it had been sufficient to modify the trajectory of the projectile.

  • If the velocity of the projectile were to be absolutely annihilated upon the neutral point, a given motion, however slight, towards the moon would determine its fall.

  • If he have had a shivering fit, however slight, do not fail to tell your medical man of it.

  • If he be labouring under an inflammation of the lungs, however slight, or if he be just recovering from one, it would, of coarse, be highly improper.

  • There was a mortifying resemblance, however slight, between the respective situations of the two families.

  • My life has been so uneventful that every past incident, however slight, is as fresh in my memory as if it occurred yesterday.

  • Let it but fancy that it is the victim of your injustice, however slight, and the war is an interminable one between you!

  • Wo to whatever is inactive and unproductive, if it can be accused, on however slight a foundation, of resting upon monopoly and privilege!


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being moved; each portion; enquire after; forgiven thee; free speech; golden light; however great; however humble; however little; however much; however slight; however small; however well; land where; light manufacturing; little breathlessly; molecular physics; much rather; not necessary; oesophageal ganglia; other states; our children; public sector; quite correct; selective breeding; what house