How to Use slight in a Sentence

slight

1 of 3 adjective

• There is a slight chance of rain.
• If you have even the slightest doubt, then don't do it.
• Her head is tilted at a slight angle in the picture.
• Pull this pie out of the oven when the center has just a slight jiggle.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2023
• The slight tweak in name, along with adding words to the name, suggests a wholly fresh start.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2024
• What really did it for me was the slight arch in her back.
  — Diane Farr, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2023
• Hinging at the hips, with a slight knee bend, brace your core, push through the glutes, and pull the handles down.
  — Rozalynn S. Frazier, Health, 18 Oct. 2023
• Keep a slight bend in the knees while standing in that position.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 7 Aug. 2023
• The findings have to do with the slight movement of the tongue when people pronounce vowels.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
• There is a slight oyster-shell brininess in the wine that makes this ideal for seafood.
  — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
• These pies are ready when the filling has only a very slight jiggle.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 29 July 2023
• If the bottom of the pan was properly greased, invert the pan and giving it a slight tap should be enough to loosen the slices.
  — Julia Levy, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2024
• In the Senate, Democrats appear to have a slight advantage.
  — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2023
• Primary among them is the silhouette, which is cut straight from the thigh to the knee with a slight flare at the ankle.
  — Ashley W. Simpson, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
• The property is at the top of a slight hill and is surrounded by mature trees.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
• In fact, the slight but noticeable on-court regression in Spokane has come at just the wrong time.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• Tonight: Partly cloudy, slight chance of rain or snow shower.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• Warmth and the slightest amount of humidity comes in with steady breezes from the southwest.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
• The sloped roof provides a slight overhang that helps keep owls dry from the rain, and there are air holes for proper air flow.
  — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
• Then the feller cuts toward the V from the back side, usually at a slight downward angle.
  — The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• The City Council’s approval of the purchase came with a slight provision.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• The bed is made, but with a slight depression on one side that suggests the recent presence of a body.
  — M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 29 July 2023
• That slight relief is coupled with the share of new listings rising.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
• These leggings have a slight ribbed fabric, which is very flattering on the body.
  — Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2023
• The palomas are balanced nicely, with a slight bitter tinge from the grapefruit juice.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2023
• The slight compression offers the body plenty of support during the fourth trimester.
  — Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• San Antonio is in the bull’s eye, while nearby Austin and Houston are in a Level 2 out of 5 slight risk.
  — Scott Dance, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• Too firm on the way down and the slightest slip can quickly turn into an unstoppable fall.
  — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
• And this country's foster care system that is ready to buckle at the slightest wind.
  — Adiba Nelson, Parents, 3 Apr. 2024
• Each of his slightest gestures — a tug of the sunglasses here, a pensive gaze into the crowd there — elicited eruptions of screams.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2024

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slight

2 of 3 verb

• I'm sure he didn't mean to slight you.
• He was slighted by his colleagues.
• If there’s the subtle sting of being slighted, it’s masked with a smile and a wink.
  — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• These instances haven’t been the first time Brady has been slighted over his style.
  — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 4 Feb. 2018
• Step forward and slight out with one leg, landing heel first.
  — Men's Health, 6 Jan. 2023
• That’s not to slight the Navy, but, to be frank, the Navy’s management record on Red Hill is pretty poor.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
• The official said that Mr. Pence was acting out of a desire to get the money out the door, not to slight Mr. Azar.
  — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020
• That’s in no way to slight this mat, which stayed firm and comfortable throughout class.
  — The Si Staff, SI.com, 29 June 2017
• It’s hard to blame Ertz for feeling slighted on behalf of his head coach.
  — Robert Klemko, SI.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• The anthem and flag, that the players are slighting, represents the best of what this nation stands and hopes for.
  — Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 27 Aug. 2017
• Would the other child, our daughter, feel slighted and less loved?
  — New York Times, 22 May 2018
• Drama swirled when she felt slighted by a lack of visits from the other RHOC stars.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2017
• But in their shared time on The Bachelor, Booth slighted Martinez.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 22 June 2018
• Lest any dudes out there feel slighted, Nemo also makes a men’s version of this sleeping bag.
  — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 29 Dec. 2019
• Tiffany Haddish has too many blessings in her lap to feel slighted by awards season.
  — Lauren Porter, Essence.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• Since March, the law has been used at least 15 times to punish people who slight party history.
  — New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021
• The response Miss Manners dislikes is your assumption that the host intended to slight some of her guests and hog all the wine for her end of the table.
  — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
• Top of the game Panthers coach Ron Rivera is trying to figure out why Short — and the entire defensive line — seem to get slighted.
  — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 22 June 2018
• While the news is cause of celebration, some are suggesting the Queen slighted Meghan Markle in the announcement.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 15 Mar. 2018
• Now the Daily Mail source claiming to be close with the couple says it’s Meghan and, by extension, Harry who feel slighted.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2020
• Not to slight female birds, but that plumage is not recognized as easily as that of breeding males.
  — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 11 May 2021
• This is not to slight the even more pioneering types who invented country-rock in the two decades prior to that.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 July 2022
• There is no discipline for officials who miss calls, and there is no means of appeal for teams that were slighted.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Dec. 2017
• And from the beginning the women of the Harlem Renaissance were slighted in celebrations of the movement.
  — Morgan Jerkins, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2017
• But adopting a new moniker was never intended to slight anyone.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• For Claire, stepping back from her bright career would slight Martha, who could never afford such comforts.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2021
• Lodge says he himself has never felt slighted by the Moodys' exclusion from the Rock Hall, however.
  — Gary Graff, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2017
• Instead, Lopez is turned slightly away from the camera, with her legs bent strategically to show just the slighting hint of tasteful side boob.
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 13 Oct. 2019
• History can turn on one man feeling slighted by another.
  — Vulture, 28 July 2023
• Teachers say they can be unfairly targeted by parents who feel their child has been slighted – at times endangering their jobs.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023

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slight

3 of 3 noun

• Of course, there were some mimicked coughs and slights along the way.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
• The Wildcats, needless to say, were not amused by the slight.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Apr. 2021
• The increase was so small it was viewed as a slight to Biden.
  — Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
• Move the square slight toward the end of the board and make another cut.
  — Richard Romanski, Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2020
• Proclaiming french fries to be the best dish is in no way a slight to the chef.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 22 Mar. 2021
• The simplicity of the premise should not be read as a slight.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 May 2022
• The Nets are only a slight, 1.5-point favorite in Game 7, but the public loves the home side here.
  — Alex Kay, Forbes, 19 June 2021
• As the moon and Venus clash today, perceived slights set the stage for conflict.
  — USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• She's dressed in a black maxi dress with a high slight, paired with a black leather jacket and a black clutch.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2022
• That wasn’t a slight at Hall by the staff, but more about Hall still getting back into shape.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 2020
• Think of it more as a slight, though initially alarming, change from the norm.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 19 May 2022
• That felt like a slight to man, and some felt that ESPN might have been behind it.
  — Chris Pugh, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2021
• This is not meant as a slight, but there are a few head-scratchers on your résumé.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2022
• For some fourth-round picks that might have been considered a slight.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2021
• To call them four of the greatest athletes in the history of women's sports is a bit of a slight.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 12 Aug. 2022
• Medina: This isn't a slight on the Jazz or any other team.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2021
• Does that one over there remember my slight from two months ago?
  — Arkansas Online, 6 June 2021
• This isn’t a slight against the Russians, Chinese, French, Dutch and everyone else.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
• Chinese celebrities are cutting ties with Hugo Boss over the slight.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2021
• Lillard’s words were stated as more of a matter-of-fact statement than a slight.
  — oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2020
• That’s not a slight at all to Buckner, who has been tremendous all season.
  — Doug Farrar, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2021
• Allen would not be the first coach to attempt to cultivate a perceived slight in pursuit of a bigger surprise at the end of the week.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2020
• Perhaps its slight of Salt Lake City is a little unfair?
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Nov. 2021
• In the final line of a barrage of slights, Bassett grants us a keen picture of what’s driving Bernadine.
  — Vulture, 16 Mar. 2023
• The movie is a kinder version of a Seinfeld episode, all small slights and low stakes in upper-middle-class New York.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 22 June 2023
• Gomez's fans noticed and interpreted the move as being a slight to Gomez.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 22 Feb. 2023
• The White House was determined to build trust with Fain and look past his occasional slights of Biden.
  — Josh Boak, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
• The statute, Loeb said, is not meant to open the door to lawsuits over minor slights or personal preferences.
  — Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
• Now, Tortorella understands that the protests are not meant as a slight to the military.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 11 June 2020
• None of this is meant as a slight towards Bido, who is exactly the type of player the floundering A's should be targeting.
  — Mark Deeks, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024