scintilla

Example Sentences

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Anyone lampooned with a scintilla of brutality knows that an appearance can temporarily inoculate against accusations of humorlessness.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

No need to exert him any more, not when there was not a scintilla of a threat of a comeback from Scotland.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025

They argued there was “not a scintilla of evidence” to support the charge of hindering police.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023

“There is not a scintilla of evidence supporting the scandalous allegations that the Church harassed the accusers,” she wrote in an e-mail to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023

A scintilla of doubt had begun to insinuate itself.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady