Example sentences of "with the faintest " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , ’ he whispered back , with the faintest of faint smiles . |
| 2 | Just looked steadily back at him with the faintest trace of a smile . |
| 3 | " Your brother , " said the Threarah , with the faintest suggestion of " Do n't correct me any more , will you ? " in his voice . |
| 4 | Mistakenly thinking it would do no harm to put her at her ease — she was a plain woman with the faintest smell of spirits on her breath even at ten o'clock in the morning — he had mentioned the interesting photographs hung on the stairway leading to the stalls . |
| 5 | He had on a three-quarter-length crombie with a velvet collar , a dark-blue suit with the faintest of pin-stripes and a snowy linen shirt . |
| 6 | She had succeeded in damning him with the faintest of eulogies . |
| 7 | Laura , who watched this scene with the faintest flicker of a smile , said nothing . |
| 8 | He 'd reached to click off the light , and the room shimmered again with the faintest light from the moon . |
| 9 | You 've gone on for years about being the only person in the West Country with the faintest notion how to prune roses . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd prefer it in the cup , ’ she retorted drily , and was rewarded with the faintest tremor of Lucenzo 's mobile mouth . |
| 11 | ‘ Because that 's the way it is with us , ’ he returned with the faintest of smiles . |
| 12 | The deep male voice was cold , harsh , and touched with the faintest of Italian accents . |
| 13 | She was regarding the Prince with the faintest and saddest of smiles , in which he thought he could read affection and indulgence , and surely also a soft , secret gleam of derision . |