smidgen

Example Sentences

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Ms. Schmidt has clearly modeled her comedy-drama on Chekhov, with notable parallels to “The Seagull” and a smidgen of “Uncle Vanya” tossed in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

As recently as 2019, Amazon was putting only a smidgen more into capex than Walmart.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

The scan count for the next game, against Alabama State, was just a smidgen higher at 14,093.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

After everything these two had been through, there was a smidgen of respect.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

Nobody with a smidgen of training, not even the worst roustabout, would look right in a grown person’s face.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou