SLIGHT in a Sentence

Learn SLIGHT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

285 example sentences for SLIGHT, such as:

1. The picture was at a slight angle.
2. Share prices have taken a slight dip.
3. Beat it until the dough is slightly elastic.
4. I will send you a slight sketch of the house.
5. They followed paths and tracks, however slight.

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 Meanings and Examples of SLIGHT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
slight
 n.  almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He really liked Sissy too well to have a contempt for her; otherwise he held her calculating powers in such very slight estimation that he must have fallen upon that conclusion.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV
2  Louisa, holding her hand, could feel no pulse; but kissing it, could see a slight thin thread of life in fluttering motion.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
3  Such little actions, slight in another man, were very noticeable in him; and his daughter received them as if they had been words of contrition.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
4  They followed paths and tracks, however slight.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
5  But, the expectation among the people that the man would be found alive was very slight indeed.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
6  As they were all going out again, he favoured her with one slight roll of his movable eye, desiring her to linger behind.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII
7  Though he thought them far too slight, he said, for such a service.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII
8  Over this champion the Disinherited Knight obtained a slight but decisive advantage.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  Cedric, with some difficulty, compelled himself to make obeisance to the haughty Baron, who returned his courtesy with a slight inclination of the head.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
10  The wise and attentive precautions adopted for his safety touched Richard's feelings, and removed any slight grudge which he might retain on account of the deception the Outlaw Captain had practised upon him.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
11  Damsel," said Rowena, "Wilfred of Ivanhoe on that day rendered back but in slight measure your unceasing charity towards him in his wounds and misfortunes.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
12  Yet still in his face one saw the watchful look, the slight vacancy of a cripple.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
13  She bent her head to him shyly, and he changed his hat to his left hand and made her a slight bow, like a gentleman; but he said nothing at all.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
14  He gave another slight bow, turned, put his hat on, and strode to take hold of the chair.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
15  He saluted, and made a slight movement of the head in affirmation.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
Example Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
16  We shouldn't slight anybody even if he's a nobody.
17  The picture was at a slight angle.
18  Give the button a slight press and the music would die.
19  The dial records very slight variations in pressure.
20  I will send you a slight sketch of the house.
21  Share prices have taken a slight dip.
22  I thought the mouse was dead, but then it gave a slight twitch.
23  British Airways says passengers reported a slight smell of petrol in the cabin of BA flight 003 bound for New York.
24  “Countries like France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, and the UK were all essentially flat or even in slight decline,” Telegeography says.
25  When the physician noticed Philip had a slight heart murmur, she referred him to a cardiologist for further tests.
26  I knew at once by the whishing sound that there was a slight leakage, which allowed a regurgitation of water through one of the side cylinders.
27  The moment of death had obsessed him from childhood, when he had acquired that slight crouch, protecting his neck from the shining blade of the guillotine that might slice through.
28  They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass.
29  Beat it until the dough is slightly elastic.
30  Put the two pieces of paper together so that they overlap slightly.