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

That is, they may actually prefer to get their news sprinkled across a social feed, so that it comes packaged with entertainment, interaction, and a soupcon of persona drama.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2015

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2014

As they sit in their chairs nowadays to the very end of the feast, there is doubtless joined with modern sobriety a soupcon of modern dulness and discretion.

From Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith