soupcon

Example Sentences

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Frank needs a smaller life, one that will allow him to regain a soupcon of his soul and maybe find a piece of his heart.

From Washington Times • Oct. 9, 2018

In between are dozens that you thought were just OK: An X-Men movie here and there, with a soupcon of Star Trek tossed in.

From Time • Jul. 26, 2017

As I was saying, the flag can be camouflaged—a soupcon of red cotton peeking out from beneath an overturned canoe, perhaps.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2014

We’re all only a fraction, a scintilla, a soupcon, if you will, from messing up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2014

There is more than a soupcon of patronage in that.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander