How to Use ever so in a Sentence

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  • The FinTechs that can survive will be the ones that find that ever so fine balance.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But his credit card debt pumped the brakes ever so slightly on his goal.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 26 June 2024
  • Inside the container is a rich, dark brown mulch that’s moist to the touch and ever so slightly grainy.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Next, adhere ever so slightly to the trends and style the duo atop a denim maxiskirt from Grlfrnd.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The 32-year-old slugger’s voice broke ever so slightly.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The weather is mild, but ever so slightly crisp, and that my friends is a recipe for looking good every day.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, Alcaraz loosened the 36-year-old’s grip on the game ever so slightly.
    Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
  • Waffles leans against the staircase wall and peers into the fray ever so slightly, a soft, pensive smile on her face.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The pendulum may again be starting to swing — if ever so slightly — the other way.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Motorists would whiz past, and sometimes the bridge, by design, would ever so slightly sway.
    William Wan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
  • By the second week of treatment, her hair was thinning ever so slightly.
    Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The dough is forced to rise quickly so the top of the snowy white bun breaks open ever so slightly to reveal the delicious filling within.
    Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • To make the ball move, the pitcher rotated his fingers, ever so slightly.
    Andy McCullough, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
  • Even Netflix, which hasn’t raised prices at all this year, made a move designed to ever so gently push new subscribers to its ad tier.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Built with stunts in mind, the freestyle scooter has a lightweight aluminum deck that’s ever so slightly concave.
    Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The phone is also ever so slightly smaller, with a 6.2-inch display instead of last year’s 6.3-inch screen.
    Umar Shakir, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The legs, which are made from solid rubber wood in a light walnut finish, are ever so slightly splayed.
    Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Wearing a floral headdress, the royal is standing, but turned to the side ever so slightly.
    TIME, 18 May 2024
  • When casting and rip jigging it, the water resistance makes this lure fall ever so slowly, which is a good ploy along the edges of weed beds.
    David A. Rose, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2024
  • At that point, Reichardt cuts away to a perfect reaction shot of Williams as Lizzy, ever so slightly seething.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Gisela is clasping Christine’s arm, and her spy husband, dressed in a dark trench coat, is smiling, ever so slightly.
    Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • When Megan Fox changes her manicure, the energy in the beauty world shifts ever so slightly.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The musician's full brows were brushed up ever so subtly to match the easygoing, slightly undone vibes of her hair.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Glück’s writing ever so slightly alters time and space.
    The Week Us, theweek, 19 Feb. 2024
  • In the back seat was a Chinese American woman looking ever so chic and glamorous.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • This is likely because the Pixel Watch 2’s digital crown sits more flush to the screen, and the side button protrudes ever so slightly less.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Every moment — the good and especially the bad — course-corrects young teams in ever so subtle ways.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Lindsay took to her best role ever so naturally … she was always meant to be a mother.
    Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • That will help temperatures drop ever so slowly east across the central US.
    Allison Chinchar, CNN, 1 July 2023
  • Do a less hyperbolic version of the same motion, bending your knees and leaning into your butt ever so slightly while leading with your heel.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 July 2024

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