merest

Example Sentences

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Before Lamarck, naturalists saw organisms as passive, depending on supernatural intervention for their merest actions as well as their very existence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

But for now he is a jovial Irish scamp, with the merest hint of a dark streak; where Sherlock comes from money, James, as he’s called here, is at school on a scholarship.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

She reset to hold, then wrestled back the break, allowing herself the merest of smiles.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

But Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is going out of his way to avoid even the merest whiff of complacency.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2024

“Maybe someone’s hoping Potter is going to die for it,” said Moody, with the merest trace of a growl.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling