soupcon

Example Sentences

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The presence of Kaczmarek, so good as the harried mom on the long-running Fox sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle,” provides an added soupcon of irony.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2022

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

It seems to me that there is the slightest soupcon of shadow about that broad, calm brow.'

From Psmith in the City by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)