Her starvation for the slightest scrap of interest or affection was part of what had kept her self-prisoned in her marriage for so long.

But he never displayed the slightest scrap of penitence.

Right now, they were desperate for the slightest scrap that could lead them toward the killer.

Only allowing himself the slightest scrap of hope, Picard looked up from his command chair.

Germans fought over the slightest scraps of bread.

There was not the slightest scrap of evidence, and she wanted to impress Cameron with her sense.

Like most police, she was loath to give away the slightest scrap of information.

I was glad, therefore, that the fellow had warned me, since now I should be particularly upon the watch for each slightest scrap of information that would fix in my memory whatever route I might be led over.

The evening sky was gray and dreary, and the Stasis Technologies buildings looked uglier than ever, big barn-like structures without the slightest scrap of elegance or grace.

Nor did the ladder at any point afford the slightest scrap of cover from watchers on the bridge.