veriest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of veriest
Example Sentences
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If the Fall is a tragedy, Collier feels, as petulantly as the veriest college sophomore, then God is to blame.
From Time Magazine Archive
The veriest Fourth Estate tyro should know that a police officer faced with an unruly mob is too busy to check his press card.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a blotchy red rash appears, the veriest tyro knows it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The result is that after meeting Bach, even the veriest cynic is likely to find himself shamelessly rooting for Jonathan Livingston Seagull and curiously willing to forgive the book its literary trespasses.
From Time Magazine Archive
And, after all, what shall I lose by retreating a little from a world where envy and malice are watchful to distort the veriest casualties into the hideous forms upon which slander loves to scowl!
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
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