"slightly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Her voice is slightly pinched and has a punitive edge; it lacks the rippling musicality that might put a little flirtatious playfulness in Shaw's pronouncements about love, marriage and duty.
- Vocally, her tone sometimes grew slightly pinched and pressed at loud, sustained high notes, and at first she seemed constrained in terms of temperament.
- "Oh, to hell with the past," she said, her eyes a little sad however, ironic, slightly pinched at the corners.
- Miss Gibbons's soprano is clear and tightly focused, and in her upper range she produces some lovely, often velvety sounds - although not at the very top, which on Sunday sounded slightly pinched.
- David Kuebler, as Jenik, sounded slightly pinched and underpowered at first, but in the second act his voice opened up nicely.
- They can choose to spend less on these services as soon as their wallets feel even slightly pinched.
- The stranger's nostrils pinched together slightly, but he ignored the remark.
- Her brow was somewhat too high, and her cheekbones seemed a little heavy, and her nose was slightly pinched.
- She strode over to him, her normally deadpan face slightly pinched to display her annoyance.
- Mr. Rayam was the better of them: his lower range is attractive and smooth, and although his top is slightly pinched, he negotiated Mitridate's high notes with reasonable security, and projected a rounded, sympathetic portrayal of the old King.
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