not turn a hair
Example Sentences
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America did not turn a hair, any more than it did about the Union Carbide explosion that killed 15,000 Indians in Bhopal in 1984, with only trivial compensation paid.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2010
A philosophical New Dealer and onetime college president, Mr. Horsfall did not turn a hair at the appearance of armed men on the Arkansas landscape.
From Time Magazine Archive
They did not turn a hair, and walked about within twenty feet of the wolf with their tails carried as gayly as though they were on exhibition at a bench show.
From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various
He did not know how to bear being kept waiting in this way; but he did not turn a hair, possibly because there were not many to turn.
From Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
The British matron looks on, applauds, and does not turn a hair.
From Her Royal Highness Woman by O'Rell, Max
