Example Sentences

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We’re left with a nightmare of identity that feels slighter than it should, unsure of where to point its knife.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

His most dramatic liberties were reined in; tempo fluctuations became slighter.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Wu showcases a knack for mining meaning out of the slighter essays, about her teenage job at a quaint bakery, for example, or her idiosyncratic affection for bunnies.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022

In a European-style system, by contrast, a 4-point shift to the right or left might change only one party in the country’s governing coalition, prompting a slighter policy change more proportional to the electorate’s mood.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2022

Instead a slighter and far more welcome figure was chasing after me.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood