How to Use scintilla in a Sentence

scintilla

noun
Definition of scintillanext
Synonyms for scintillanext
  • There is not a scintilla of evidence that a witch hunt exists right now.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
  • There is not a scintilla of evidence that this is true.
    — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2020
  • There’s even a scintilla of road feel that comes through — more than expected.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Of course, that misery changed to a scintilla of optimism when the Wolves won the lottery and were able to take their choice, and went with Edwards.
    — Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune, 23 Dec. 2020
  • There is not a scintilla of doubt over who controls Facebook.
    — The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
  • After which, a judge sentenced him to life without a scintilla of a chance of parole.
    — Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Thus, there is not a scintilla of evidence for your statement.
    — David Weigel, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2017
  • The President did not provide a scintilla of evidence to back up his claim.
    — Z. Byron Wolf, CNN, 6 Apr. 2018
  • That's the only scintilla of good news in this sporting obituary.
    — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Like all good propaganda, the story was mostly false, but with a scintilla of truth.
    — Kimberly Dozier, Time, 1 Feb. 2020
  • There is not a scintilla of evidence that a single vote was changed or that a single voting machine was hacked.
    — Fox News, 2 Aug. 2018
  • Both today and in 1944, the government could point to a scintilla of evidence for its policy.
    — Aziz Huq, Vox, 26 June 2018
  • The guy who spent his entire career in New York and was never involved in a single scandal, nor a scintilla of trouble, and was a role model for baseball?
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Not a scintilla of evidence in the pages of The Education of an Idealist equips the reader to argue otherwise.
    — Brian Stewart, National Review, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Though a scintilla of his native Austria is evident, the food is essentially French with dishes like an updated salmon en crôute.
    — New York Times, 2 Sep. 2022
  • A few minutes after Verratti was sent off, after all, Edinson Cavani scored, offering his team a scintilla of hope.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Mollie, is there a scintilla of doubt that most of members of the mainstream media side with Gary Cohn on not imposing tariffs on aluminum and steel, and think that president will be floundering without him?
    — Fox News, 11 Mar. 2018
  • This, make no mistake, is a problem for the Premier League’s elite, who have spent the better part of two decades trawling around Europe for any fresh-faced teenager with even a scintilla of talent and using their financial muscle to draw them in.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020
  • There is not a single scintilla of credible evidence that Ms. Benefield has ever been poisoned or suffered from any illness of any poison.
    — Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2021
  • For these populist archivists, the project would not be so urgent if there were a scintilla of hope for a future without the ceaseless, inevitable ruination of so many landscapes, buildings, and cultural artifacts.
    — Hallel Yadin, Longreads, 24 Mar. 2022
  • They are all cast from the same mold, each possessing just a scintilla of Guardiola’s influence: their styles are adventurous and expansive, their tactics complex and advanced.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2017
  • In addition, the Prius Prime feels ethereal in its responses, delivering performance without a scintilla of feel or emotion.
    — cleveland, 8 Feb. 2020
  • Consider how Trump, with nary a scintilla of ambiguity, alleges that Obama committed a criminal act.
    — The Hive, 8 Mar. 2017
  • There was never any scintilla of insecurity shown by Roberts with front office personnel infiltrating his clubhouse.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2017
  • Yet in all its 725 prosecutions, the Justice Department hasn’t presented a scintilla of evidence supporting the hypothesis.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022
  • To offset a scintilla of road-tripping climate guilt, consider one from Nimble, which makes environmentally responsible charging accessories.
    — Sandra Upson, Wired, 31 Oct. 2020
  • ProPublica and Vanity Fair published a towering assertion about sinister doings at a Chinese research lab without offering a scintilla of evidence.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022

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