minor detail

Example Sentences

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But such a minor detail didn’t bother May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

It is a minor detail for Armella, a background actor in the crime series "High Potential" who is as excited to get the nod as a movie star receiving an Academy Award.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Wednesday’s obsession with her writing and her continued futzing with her novel isn’t a minor detail that’s dropped in for character color and then forgotten.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2025

Information on at least one of them appears to have been crudely altered in a later version, but out of a dump of as many as 100 documents, that seems a relatively minor detail.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2023

He knew every major and minor detail in Boaz’s life, from his particularly harrowing ghost encounters to his latest film obsession.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny