There were changes in season, but they were minor ripples in the natural routine of the land.

Even minor ripples from other ferries rattle Mr. Yaqoob's narrow boat, and life jackets are not standard equipment on his boat, or any other.

"It'll make the depression of the late twenties and thirties look like a minor ripple," said an American specialist.

Even the havoc in the New York City school system, where he once taught, is a minor ripple next to his wife's illness.

The smooth flat floors were covered with a glistening incrustation with minor ripples frozen upon it.

For the first time its expressionless face changed, a minor ripple of what looked like worry touching its brow.

One of the minor ripples from the vote: calls about gambling ceased at the the city library.

He recalibrated the sensors to seek out minor ripples in local tachyon currents, as a possible early warning against nearby cloaked vessels.

Even the early 1960's boomlet of Disney family fare looks more like a minor ripple compared to the current tidal wave of movies featuring children.

Noturus elegans also prefers for there to only be minor ripples in the stream in which it is inhabiting.