soupcon

Example Sentences

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Perhaps there was a soupcon of Callas lurking in McNally’s nature: a dedication to the technique and craft of making art, but a powerful craving for validation as well.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2020

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

They began to hear rumors about themselves from all quarters, rumors founded usually on a soupcon of truth, but overlaid with preposterous and sinister detail.

From The Beautiful and Damned by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)