How to Use smidgen in a Sentence

smidgen

noun

• I'll just have a smidgen of ice cream.
• Wolf, a smidgen over 5 feet tall, was dwarfed by the burly man.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Oct. 2021
• So the only way the Lakers had any smidgen of a chance in this game?
  — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 4 June 2021
• While there’s always a smidgen of truth to tropes, these are all clichés.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2022
• Capers add that smidgen of briny and saltiness to the the egg salad.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2018
• Also a smidgen piney in the nose with grapefruit in aroma and on the palate.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 5 July 2020
• Ostapenko won the French Open last year by swinging for the lines without a smidgen of self doubt.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 10 July 2018
• Grier was joking, but there’s a smidgen of truth in there.
  — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Sep. 2019
• Highs in the low 70s are just a smidgen below normal but the bright sun helped offset any of that.
  — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021
• Peach and apricot notes, fresh tasting with a smidgen apple on the palate.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 11 July 2021
• There’s a smidgen of solace in that: in the facade, the lie, the wishful thinking, the distraction, the delusion, the hope.
  — Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2020
• Perhaps a smidgen cooler than recent days but still rather warm for the time of year.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• The Heat, who haven’t lost in the playoffs, were able to execute their game plan just a smidgen better.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2020
• The Eagles held onto their top seed, but only by a smidgen, in a 22-16 win over the Giants.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
• Here in Deep Red Kansas, there was suddenly a smidgen of blue.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 1 May 2017
• Here in Deep-Red Kansas, there was suddenly a smidgen of blue.
  — Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2017
• Fall sparked a smidgen of hope with a handful of outside concerts in parking lots and parks.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, ajc, 3 Feb. 2021
• These people will do exactly what they are told and not a smidgen more.
  — George Bradt, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• No team has been able to achieve or sustain at least a smidgen of the success of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
  — USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2018
• Frémont, for his part, got a third of the popular vote, all but a smidgen of it in the North, winning a total of 11 states.
  — Robert K. Landers, WSJ, 30 July 2017
• The planet betrayed its presence by crossing the face of its star and briefly blotting out a smidgen of starlight.
  — Nadia Drake, National Geographic, 1 July 2020
• Ten-year Treasury yields stood at 2.222 percent, and gold was a smidgen higher.
  — Lorcan Roche Kelly, Bloomberg.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• Aromas of green apple and caramel as well as a smidgen of raspberries.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 31 July 2022
• Li placed the smidgen of ice into a cryo-electron microscope.
  — Carl Zimmer New York Times, Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
• Not as sweet as a slap shot from the point, but a smooth ale and a smidgen hoppier than a typical amber.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2020
• Few have a smidgen of the basic gear necessary for a successful one-hour hike.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2021
• While knee-length skirts look a smidgen too modest with flats, above-the-knee hemlines are charmingly cheeky.
  — Chloe Malle, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2018
• The one smidgen of wit, as opposed to visual overkill, is the sight of a storm in an actual teacup, complete with raging waves.
  — The New Yorker, 6 May 2022
• But the battery housing raises the load floor only a smidgen, so cargo space remains much the same.
  — Tom Voelk, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2016
• Temperatures are down a smidgen, compared with today, or near 70 to the low 70s for highs.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024