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scintilla
[ sin-til-uh ]
noun
- a minute particle; spark; trace:
not a scintilla of remorse.
scintilla
/ sɪnˈtɪlə /
noun
- a minute amount; hint, trace, or particle
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Origin of scintilla1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scintilla1
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Example Sentences
That had more than a scintilla of substance—is Mitt actually a political shape-shifter?
How could anyone do all this without leaving behind a scintilla of microscopic evidence?
Forde is among those who note that every scintilla of blame cannot be put on FitzPatrick and Drumm.
It does take a certain talent to take Paul Newman and present the actor without a scintilla of excitement.
I have not a scintilla of interest in being at court when the judge sentences him.
I would not, Mr. President, give up a scintilla of that portion of the responsibility which the crisis imposes on me.
They had merely waited that scintilla of ocular confirmation of a known danger.
This seems to me to have not a scintilla of justice about it.
In these churches there were no fire altars; but the small scintilla of sacred fire preserved in them, was kept only in a lamp.
She is beautiful of course, but quite without charm or the slightest scintilla of wit.
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