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Meanings of slightest sound in English

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Usage of slightest sound in English
1
Not the slightest sound nor sign has been vouchsafed from the void.
The Gates of Chance
2
Without the slightest sound, the door slid open, and there it was:
Shift
3
The lad listened attentively, but he could not hear the slightest sound.
With Wolfe in Canada: The Winning of a Continent
4
It was a tight squeeze, but I entered without the slightest sound.
The Rustlers of Pecos County
5
We stopped to breathe, and we listened attentively for the slightest sound.
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
6
Listening for the slightest sound, Rand kept the red star dead ahead.
To the blight: the eye of the world
7
I listened acutely, but could not hear near me the slightest sound.
The Lady of the Shroud
8
They stopped at the slightest sound, they started at every passing cloud.
In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
9
She sat listening thus, straining her ears to catch the slightest sound.
The Crimson Blind
10
I stood very still in the hallway listening for the slightest sound.
Under orders
11
The slightest sound, a word uttered above their breath, might betray them.
The Lone Ranche
12
At the slightest sound, open the windows of the court and call me.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
13
From the whole of this ghastly assemblage there rose not the slightest sound.
Antonina; Or, The Fall of Rome
14
She stood inside the room without having made the slightest sound.
The Governors
15
Not the slightest sound could escape the tightly drawn drums of his ears.
The Shades of the Wilderness: A Story of Lee's Great Stand
16
At least he arouses at the slightest sound of an enemy.
Around the World in Ten Days
This collocation consists of:
Slightest sound through the time
Slightest sound across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common