hint of

Frequency: 9.030.1 per million words

a small amount of something

hintNOUN + PREPOSITION

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of

Examples (10)

  • The soup has just a faint hint of ginger, which is perfect.
  • There was a hint of sarcasm in his voice when he congratulated me.
  • At the first hint of trouble, the animals fled into the forest.
  • The sky at dawn had a beautiful hint of pink.
  • Her perfume left a lingering hint of vanilla in the air.
  • I could detect a hint of disappointment in her expression.
  • He faced the challenge without a hint of fear.
  • The latest data shows a hint of economic recovery.
  • There was a slight hint of a chill in the autumn air.
  • Even in his modern paintings, you can see a hint of classical influence.