LEAST in a Sentence

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For LEAST, below is one of 356 sentences:
There is a moment in every battle at which the least maneuver is decisive and gives superiority as one drop of water causes overflow.

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 Meanings and Examples of LEAST
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
least
 pron.  the smallest amount or number
 a.  less than anything or anyone else
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Oh, bless you, it doesn't matter in the least.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2  If there was nothing else left to him, he could at least devote his life to revenge.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3  By means of this I had access to at least one spot in this great city where I could rely upon being free from interruption.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
4  He would, probably, for a time at least, continue to perform his duties.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
5  All of them came to look at Snowball's drawings at least once a day.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
6  If they had no more food than they had had in Jones's day, at least they did not have less.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
7  If they went hungry, it was not from feeding tyrannical human beings; if they worked hard, at least they worked for themselves.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
8  "At least so my dentist told me," she concluded.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
9  It was, at least, a ticklish decision that he had to make; and self-reliant as he was by habit, he began to cherish a longing for advice.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
10  There at least he was not denied admittance; but when he came in, he was shocked at the change which had taken place in the doctor's appearance.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
11  If your master has fled or is dead, we may at least save his credit.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
12  DEAR LANYON, You are one of my oldest friends; and although we may have differed at times on scientific questions, I cannot remember, at least on my side, any break in our affection.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
13  Not the least disguise toned down or shaded off that uncompromising fact in the landscape.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
14  At least I mean to father, when Merrylegs was always there.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
15  Cheerless and comfortless, boastfully and doggedly rich, there the room stared at its present occupants, unsoftened and unrelieved by the least trace of any womanly occupation.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
Example Sentence: (146 in 10 pages)
16  There is a moment in every battle at which the least maneuver is decisive and gives superiority as one drop of water causes overflow.
17  In your life, there will at least one time that you forget yourself for someone, asking for no result, no company, no ownership nor love.
18  By ignorance is pride increased; those most assume who know the least.
19  They assume most who know the least.
20  At the very least, men generally assume their ambivalent feelings are normal.
21  The emotional differences exist, at least, between the genders.
22  Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.
23  At least a dozen people attend on the bride of the wealthy prince.
24  She could at least have the good manners to let me know she won't be able to attend.
25  I find her attitude a bit peculiar, to say the least.
26  Accommodation was basic to say the least.
27  It is imperative for your recovery to continue the treatment for at least two months.
28  Of two evils choose the least.
29  You should visit your dentist at least twice a year.
30  I resolved to visit my grandmother at least once a year.