Sentence example with the word 'slightness'

slightness

Definition n. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

Last update: August 16, 2015


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But the surviving material is extremely uneven; vital events in these centuries are treated with a slightness in striking contrast to the relatively detailed evidence for the preceding period - evidence, however, which is far from being contemporary.   [Please select]

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Fareham noted the slightness of the blush.   [Please select]

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The shadow of the dune disguised the slightness of his form, and his foot struck with some violence against a shell.   [Please select]

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In anticipation of it he had been following a clue for some time, though at the outset it had been one of incredible slightness.   [Please select]

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The same remarks apply, in part, to those defects of the outward form which do not at first, from their slightness, attract the notice of the ordinary breeder.   [Please select]

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The other girls in her dormitory marveled at the slightness of her body when they saw her in sheer negligee, or darting out wet from a shower-bath.   [Please select]

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