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The merest hint of effeminacy is treated as treachery to masculinity, and traitors are subjected to the kinds of violence suffered by women.
Cecil watched his opponent warily, ready to retaliate at the merest hint of an attack.
With his soft grey eyes, enviable cheekbones and hair that tousles endearingly at the merest touch, he has all the makings of a teen idol.
Apparently the merest whiff of a grease-infused treat can harden body parts other than the arteries.
He got hold of the property by the merest accident, and as soon as he did he began his work by attacking three unfortunate orphans on the estate.
He just kept on playing, allowing himself only the merest nod of recognition.
The nose aromas are pretty well non-existent, with the merest hint of American oak.
The merest flick of her perfectly-manicured hands can sum up whatever idea she is trying to express.
A slight raise of the eyebrow, the merest twitch of the lip can say so much.
But great bowlers get date-stamped at the merest hint of decline, an ingrowing toenail, a whisper about fatigue or a wicketless match.
A seasonal greeting, or the merest mention of the C-word, is enough to get the landlord shaking the swear-box meaningfully.
Access to information and knowledge must be ensured without the merest discrimination.
Will we have just the merest fraction of the courage of this Algerian lieutenant?
It's even stranger when you consider the great cry for separation of Church and State whenever anyone wants to intrude the merest sniff of religion into politics.
The merest of pauses follow as he ponders his quick-fire response.
At the time when these papers were written he had received no instruction in mathematics beyond a few books of Euclid and the merest elements of algebra.
She wields her sexual magnetism casually and with the merest dash of self-conscious cruelty.
Despite those riches, however, the merest mention of that disastrous November night is enough to make any France fan come out in a cold sweat.
In this environment, the merest hint of a partisan decision could have been disastrous. Mr Bernanke's reappointment has defused that danger.
Both the little knobbly planes and the great big jumbos are easy to put together and move at the merest hint of a breeze.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Two sugar-free milks were examined which were true to name, containing only the merest traces of carbohydrates.
There was the merest flavor of playful sarcasm in the uptilt of the word, but it was gone when she went on.
The least hesitation, the least doubt, the least shakiness even for the merest fraction of a second, may be fatal.
The stone tried to follow him, and if the angel Gabriel had not happened by the merest good luck to be there to seize it, it would have done it.
In his bad-bwoy, NWA hey-day the merest hint of Ice Cube looking a bit peeved would have been enough to put the fear of god into most people.
Wensleydale tells me the true impetus to bolt was the merest trifle.
When he came home at night, the baby would be asleep, and it would be the merest chance if he awoke before Jurgis had to go to sleep himself.
In certain moods the merest contact is as infuriating as a blow.
He must have seen exciting things in France, but it is only by the merest chance that one ever realises that he has been even near the Front.
He tapped lightly on a door and it was opened the merest crack.
But in this instant, the merest touch was enough to save him.
It was the merest accident that he did not miss us and lose his passage.
These boys are uneducable beyond the merest rudiments of training.
What is to me a means of livelihood is to him the merest hobby of a dilettante.
He tells lies like a woman, for the pleasure of it, for the merest trifle.
He said that fleecing me would be child's play for the merest beginner.
Aggie sniffed, as if such an outcome were the merest bagatelle.
In comparison to the work of La Fontaine they are the merest journalism.
On another, it might have appeared perhaps the merest trifle garish.
It was the merest chance in the world that Porter went up at all.
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