Use the word least in a sentence

Synonym: minimum, most. Similar words: at least, in the least, not in the least, beast, breast, release, northeast, southeast. Meaning: [lɪːst]  n. something that is of no importance. adj. the superlative of `little’ that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the’; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree. adv. used to form the superlative. 

1.
It was decades old and at least two years away, down in the Gengee somewhere

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2.
It will be at least ten times closer to the Yakhan, or else in the Gengee

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3.
At least not at first

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4.
Or at the very least, blood-to-blood isn’t the only way

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5.
“At least a third of Europe’s population

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6.
They knew because he had been over to Raltain’s at least once in each of those weeks since Venna disappeared and told many who asked for her

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7.
He would try keeping quiet until she had at least taken him to a political event, he thought

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8.
The gallery was safe for at least another year

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9.
Once he pulled that one off, he thought, he could relax and be ‘exclusive’ for at least two or three years

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10.
She had at least, given up the corset wearing this time, and was back in the usual scruffy outfits he was more familiar with

11.
This was a week to let the garden take care of itself and it was going to be at least another hour before the snow melted anyway

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12.
least that is what they say]

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13.
“Well, at least your dad’s worried about you

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14.
A huge study that tracked thousands of nurses found that those who ate just an ounce of nuts or peanut butter five times a week lowered their risk of Type 2 diabetes by at least 20%

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15.
They’re about the size of a large house cat, they’re called mindunes and there were at least a dozen on the building, including the one on this railing wanting its chin scratched

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16.
At least that’s what Johnny thought they meant

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17.
He was at least half Elf, the least dimorphous of the races on this planet

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18.
The crowd of spectators had a moment to look on in horror before Bob plowed right into them, knocking at least a dozen students to the ground and managing to land on a good number of them

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19.
Third was pretty industrial along here only two and a half miles north of the Kassikan, but there were still at least thirty floors of residences above each side of the canal

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20.
Women appear to be way ahead in at least one undesirable category

21.
When Gordon’s Lamp left Earth, any vessel such as his would have been impounded on sight, at least in North America

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22.
Sasha’s hand reached for the door handle, though she wasn’t sure what she’d do with it—the car was going at least 60 or 70 miles an hour on the freeway

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23.
“At least he wasn’t mad,” said Johnny

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24.
At least Herndon had never been with Tdeshi, unlike other recent lovers in her life

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25.
It was also clear that there was probably no one alive who could follow his line of thought, at least not very well

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26.
This was still the inhabited part, this cove was a small area of wilds in a thickly settled region at least as large as Asia

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27.
While group singing of ‘bhajans’ can be done in a suitable place like a temple or a hall in a manner and time that least disturbance is caused to those not involved in it, the individual prayer is necessarily a communion with God best performed in a quiet corner of the house

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28.
The least you could do is lend us a couple of agents in a nice show of cooperation

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29.
«I have been lead to believe that you have not been outside the region that the natives call ‘The Highlands’ if you have not been at least a thousand miles beyond the lake

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30.
«Yes!» with excitement, «A real one! At least he found a rich friend who took it!» She wasn’t a good enough judge of expressions to be sure that her excitement was genuine

31.
The barn, at least, looked like it had been painted recently, but it was so flimsy-looking, they probably should have just gotten a new barn instead

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32.
At least none that Evan knew of

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33.
You should be on my side, you’ve gone over to the natives, I’m trying to at least retain peaceful contact with them, not wall ourselves in some enclave or set out on a vain mission to rescue the motherland

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34.
‘Correct me if I’m wrong, but what you are saying is that you couldn’t stop it hurting but at least if they were happy, it would be a positive outcome

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35.
‘Okay, so I didn’t fight over Dan, but I at least kept my self-respect

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36.
The TV, which is wedded to sensationalism, is least bother about the influence of the story on young mind or the frustration of intellectuals in being helpless to correct the situation

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37.
at least, I think it was the garden … that’s what the Inspector said, wasn’t it? I can’t remember

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38.
Unfortunately we are least concerned about the deterioration that is taking place in these three pillars of environment

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39.
The foundation should be raised or the earth lowered at least 6 inches preferably 12-18 inches

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40.
I suggest that you use builder’s sand around the base of any wooden structures at least 2 feet out and two feet deep

41.
Even with considerable research the managers of Mutual Funds are not always able to take correct decisions about entering or exiting a particular script as the share price movements usually defy all logics at least in the short run

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42.
A keda might have a mind of its own, but at least it had a mind

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43.
They were at least a hundred and fifty miles from what she called the faintest approximation of civilization

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44.
It was at least an hour, but they might have covered a sixth of the distance back to habitation when her mount went down

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45.
Once she got a blaze going that was large enough to see by, she thought she should find something to use to defend herself from small predators at least

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46.
One should avoid new funds and restrict your selection to those funds that have been around for at least three or more years

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47.
Your lawn will benefit by having a thin layer of aged (at least 6 months old) horse manure spread over it (using a manure spreader), and then watered well

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48.
A quick look outside told her that there was no one covering that side of the house, at least she hoped there wasn’t

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49.
At least that was as clear as he could get without having seen either of them

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50.
But at least he wouldn’t surrender the Chip; he couldn’t

51.
Even then wherever possible it is desirable to have a joint family, at least in terms of grand parents

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52.
It is a common practice in the well to do business class to have all the children and their families living together at least until the parents are alive

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53.
4 percent chance it would concern—at least tangentially—procreation

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54.
She stood and stared at him at least a second

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55.
It is important that at least the near relatives and friends understand as to how they can provide better support to elders

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56.
The time that people need to mourn a loss differs for everyone but most people need at least a year or so for loss of a spouse, for instance

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57.
Ants like most creatures except man, follow the path of least resistance

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58.
Set up at least one Ant Cafe near by

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59.
Allow to sit in the sun for at least 1 hour, three hours is best

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60.
Their loan, which buys three goats, may at least improve the family diet

61.
She and Topher used to get high after church and debate spiritual truths, at least before his anxiety got worse and couldn’t leave the house

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62.
We have also the responsibility to help our less fortunate brethren, at least in their old age, to be exposed to spiritual thoughts and service to others instead of self-preservation

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63.
at least that what

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64.
A: Yep! At least that’s what Lou tells me

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65.
At least women were a subject he could teach the kid about

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66.
At least I don’t have to come back to Bridgwater

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67.
Up until fairly recently, I have seen him at least once a week … he loves his old gran

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68.
» He wasn’t about to tell Estwig that he had showed aluminum, at least until he was sure of Brazilian involvement

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69.
Putting together the Raised Bed: A good raised bed should be at least 4 ft x 10 ft x 12 inches high with 2 inch thick wood

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70.
It must have taken several days at the very least to prepare everything, possibly longer

71.
‘At least, I think you do … and there’s no way he would have that information

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72.
That’s odd, they don’t say why they are leaving … I’m sure they said they were intending to be in the area for at least five years when they took the place

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73.
Annoyingly, my hand is shaking … that was unexpected to say the least

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74.
At least, not in this reality

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75.
Not that there’s a lot left on top now … just like his father! At least he doesn’t comb a few strands over the top like some men do

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76.
«But yeah,» doostEr said, «I moved some big timbers for one of them about eight miles out and a windwheel assembly for another who’s at least twenty five miles out

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77.
it? Paul Harvest? At least in the

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78.
«We’ll have to take an aisle out over here to get it out of there on a dolly,» their guide waved his arm at a pile of crates at least twelve feet high

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79.
» Crates, boxes and piles were stacked at least eight feet high on top of the crate he pointed to

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80.
least I wanted to think I was one

81.
I daresay she didn’t intend for it to come over so clearly, and maybe I am being over-sensitive but I felt it all the same … Well, if the only job I can get is in Taunton, I’ll just have to move back to Bridgwater … at least that will cut my travelling costs

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82.
He’s of the opinion that your Mother will never speak to him again, at least that is the impression he is giving me … though to be honest I could just shake him!’

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83.
Now, I’m not going to force you to take up the offer, but at least come and have a look at what’s being proposed … and possibly make it up with Stephen?’

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84.
Travis may have been the best tattoo artist in Ireland, if not all of Western Europe, but he didn’t come close to the skill of this man, at least not when it came to ritual Sak Yant; sacred skin art, Thai style

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85.
It could have been worse, at least I’ve got Emma

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86.
It is a beautiful house — two storey, detached and standing in its own grounds … the gravel drive large enough for at least six cars to park in

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87.
They were now at least fifty miles beyond the last of them, other than this Waldeis they were probably bringing the cargo to

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88.
» He told me this at least once a week

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89.
Okay, so we’ll have to move them all out of the way to do that corner, but at least we can get on with the rest of it now

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90.
signs of any other recent maintenance, it was at least clear all the way up the back of

91.
Emma’s hoping to go back to work once he starts school – she’s a primary teacher and should be able to get a part time job … at least that is the intention

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92.
We built a nest way up, at least a hundred feet from the ground

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93.
«At least she said she did

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94.
But Zamir was never involved in skin-trade, at least not the kind that I specialize in

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95.
propriety’s sake he had at least slipped on the pyjama bottoms

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96.
If there was aluminum being slung, doostEr felt he deserved at least thirty coppers of it

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97.
She’d kept up on politics, at least until the mid 2260’s, by eleven year old news

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98.
«With four times Earth’s population, or at least four times Earth’s population before the war

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99.
Your mother and I also have a pension fund of a few thousand that we could cash in, but it would take a week at least for that

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100.
«What about this €2000 ring? Do you still have it? If we can bring it back to the shop then at least we’d have the original loan back

Sentences starting with least

• Least I reckon so. [5]
• Least said soonest mended. [6]
• Least said soonest mended. [11]
• Least you don’t know all about that thing. [5]
• Least of all in happy hours. [10]
• Least his sperrit does. [5]

Sentences ending with least

• I proceed, with your leave, to ask a considerable number of questions,—hoping to get answers to some of them, at least. [6]
• They do not worry me in the least. [6]
• Letters came and went between Jefferson City and Jefferson Davis, their purport being that the Governor was to work out his own salvation, for a while at least. [9]
• Mr. Wilson says we shall have to stay here for a month at least. [14]
• Ursula had snatched up a spoon, and when the mad sport was ended and he had let go her hand, she rapped him with it smartly on the arm and cried: «You are still what you ever were, in the dance at least! [10]
• This was enigmatical, to say the least. [9]
• We can come to Paris for two months, at least. [9]
• But just listen to me: We are sure you see of a hundred gold pieces at least. [10]
• But I should think—speaking in the abstract entirely—that if either of those arts was ever going to be in earnest about him, it would want his exclusive devotion for a week at least. [8]
• What you might think, or may have intended to do, has not moved me in the least. [11]

Short sentences using least

• At least with your mouth. [5]
• No—at least, not yet. [5]
• At least, not yet. [5]
• At least order the litter. [10]
• Not the least offense intended. [5]
• At least one of us. [9]
• In Sydney, at least. [5]
• Not in the least. [3]
• Not in the least! [2]
• I can at least watch. [11]

Sentences containing least two or more times

• Do not set the least value on what I do, or the least discredit on what I do not, as if I pretended to settle anything as true or false. [6]
• We talked, and talked, and talked—at least I did; and we laughed, and laughed, and laughed—at least he did. [5]
• Could the least particle of the least of these fearful insinuations be true? [9]
• Perhaps those who most depended on him were the least worthy, and those who loved him most were least inclined to sacrifice their own reasonable view of life to his own sublimated spiritual conception. [4]
• His ‘Plus ultra’ had rendered him the greatest of living men; now he desires to become the least of the least, because the Lord promises to make the last the first. [10]
• We, the Dickinsons, Griersons, Parets, Jasons, etc., had this virtue at least, and it was by no means the least of the virtues,—that we did think. [9]
• The least indisposition becomes a mortal malady; a simple headache develops into meningitis; a cold into pneumonia, and presently, when we are least expecting it, death is a guest in our home. [5]
• They talked it all over, and as they entered town they agreed to believe that he might possibly mean somebody else—at least that he might at least mean nobody but Tom, since only Tom had testified. [5]

More example sentences with the word least in them

• I go from your philosophical discussions to the reading of Jeremy Taylor’s «Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying» without feeling that I have unfitted myself in the least degree for its solemn reflections. [6]
• But do beg your folks to remember that the Smithfield fires are all out, and that the cinders are very dirty and not in the least dangerous. [6]
• He places at your disposal—this time, at least, he was not economical—a sum which will take you to the healing springs four or five times, nay, oftener still. [10]
• Your experience and your convictions are made the reader’s; and to an author, at least, they have a value and an interest quite unusual. [14]
• A Numidian, the youngest of the legion, a beardless youth, had pinned the terrible conqueror of lions and men to the bed with his spear, and then, with the same weapon, had released at least a dozen of his fellow-sufferers from their pain. [10]
• A perfectly gentlemanly young man, of courteous address and mild utterance, but means at least as much as he says. [6]
• Here was the young man whose life she had saved, at least for the moment, and who was yet in danger from the disease which had almost worn out his powers of resistance. [6]
• There were literary young ladies, who had read everything of Dickens and Thackeray, and something at least of Sir Walter, and occasionally, perhaps, a French novel, which they had better have let alone. [6]
• Promise me that you’ll never yield the least point to him in a matter of right and wrong! [8]
• We all wish you to reconsider the question of resigning; not that we would wish to retain you greatly against your wish and interest, but that your decision may be at least a very well-considered one. [7]
• Ranulph, I want you to know that I am at least no worse than you thought me. [11]
• I can give you this, at least, and I can promise to protect and cherish you. [9]
• Yet I tell you that, heavy as your losses may seem, Spargapises, Tomyris and fifty thousand Massagetae can never outweigh the spirit of one king of Persia, least of all of a Cyrus. [10]
• If I told you I would be reasonable—» «I don’t believe in miracles,» she said, recovering a little; «at least in modern ones. [9]
• I have sent you him home least the Company should cut his throat. [4]
• Go, and when you come again, it will be for us to part in peace—at least in peace. [11]
• I love New York, because, as in Paris, everybody that lives in it feels that it is his property,—at least, as much as it is anybody’s. [6]
• Perhaps he would yet come that evening, to give Els at least a greeting from the street. [10]
• And if she wrote them, they might try to stop the marriage, or at least to delay it for some years. [9]
• No, I am wrong—at least only partly right. [5]
• I did not write that poetry—at least, not all of it. [5]
• Come, vagrant, outcast, wretch forlorn In leather jerkin stained and torn, Whose talk has filled my idle hour And made me half forget the shower, I’ll do at least as much for you, Your coat I’ll patch, your gilt renew, Read you,—perhaps,—some other time. [6]
• They have been wrangling over this question for at least forty years. [7]
• He hoped fortune would so favour him that he could arrange for the meeting of the two alone, or, at least, in his presence only. [11]
• This she hoped would repay Didymus for the injury which, to her deep regret, had been inflicted upon him, and at least partially repair the loss sustained by the former library of the museum during the conflagration in the Bruchium. [10]
• How overjoyed he would have been at the fulfilment of his wish to see him united to Daphne, at least in heart; with what fiery ardour he would have upbraided those who believed him capable of having appropriated what belonged to another! [10]
• And she is worth—even at this belated stage in our chronicle an attempted sketch, or at least an attempted impression. [9]
• For you are worth more to us just now than any prince we have; at least so says the Grande Marquise. [11]
• This estate is worth at least a quarter of a million now. [11]
• And, if the world will no longer tolerate the old theories, a tribute may at least be paid to those who from conviction upheld them; who ruled, perhaps in affluence, yet were also willing to toil and, if need be, to die for the privilege. [9]
• I, at least, worked for my Independence. [4]
• He went to work also, though with his defective training he had not the least hope of success. [10]
• As the day wore on our numbers increased, we were joined by other lawyers of renown, not the least of whom was Mr. Grolier himself, fresh from his triumph over religious heresy in his Church Convention. [9]
• The clothes they wore had been Sunday clothes for at least that length of time. [4]
• Yet, though the word fame had long been embittered to him, the inhumanity which clung to his deeds had the least share in it. [10]
• At least he won’t fall into one of the pits Fate digs for mortals. [10]
• To none—man nor woman—and I beseech you as urgently as friend or Caesar ever besought a favor—let the least suspicion of my arrival be known. [10]
• They found the woman better—at least, more cheerful. [4]
• Winter comes back without the least noise or bustle, tireless, malicious, implacable. [4]
• It was begun without the least idea what was to be its course and its outcome. [6]
• He is now without money or place, but as usual appears to worry least of all of us, and still reads his damned Tasso for amusement. [9]
• At any rate, within five years from now there will be at least such a substantial ligament of buildings stretching between them and uniting them that a stranger will not be able to tell where the one Siamese twin leaves off and the other begins. [5]
• I entirely agree with the spirit of the verses I have looked over, in this point at least, that a true man’s allegiance is given to that which is highest in his own nature. [6]
• Seitz first knocked with his fingers and then with his clenched fist, until the grandmother exclaimed: «You have destroyed the house, at least spare the doors. [10]
• Only Count Orlov-Denisov with his Cossacks (the least important detachment of all) got to his appointed place at the right time. [2]
• These Jasmine gave with a smiling openness and apparent good-fellowship, which were not in the least compromising. [11]
• One can’t help wishing that Mr. Pugh could have got at him for a single lecture, at least, of the «Star Course,» or that he could have appeared in the Music Hall, «for this night only. [6]
• If he doesn’t wish to enter this heretic’s nest himself, for which I don’t blame him in the least, he need only send horses or the carriage for me. [10]
• I do not wish to be understood as casting the least reflection upon the high character and standing of the gentleman from Louisiana far from it. [5]
• He began to wish he could see a flash from the lantern—it would frighten him, but it would at least tell him that Tom was alive yet. [5]
• The advice seemed wise—at least he tried to persuade himself that it was—because it promised honor and fame, but in reality he wished to follow it because it would bring her for whom his soul yearned nearer to him. [10]
• Will not the wise novelist seek to encounter the least intellectual resistance? [4]
• I’ll be a Will o’ the Wisp, now here, now there, dancing about you always, starting up when you least expect me, and keeping you in a constant state of restlessness and irritation. [12]
• At least, he will have died for the South. [9]
• However, if you will examine every thought that occurs to you for the next two days, you will find that in at least nine cases out of ten you can put your finger on the outside suggestion—And that ought to convince you that No. [5]
• No one probably will dispute that many gallinaceous birds which live on the open ground, have acquired their present colours, at least in part, for the sake of protection. [1]
• Otherwise their day will be short indeed; and I should wish for them a day a little longer at least than my day and span. [11]
• Involuntarily recalling his wife’s past and her relations with Dolokhov, Pierre saw clearly that what was said in the letter might be true, or might at least seem to be true had it not referred to his wife. [2]
• Or at least why wasn’t something creditable created in place of it. [5]
• The Teacups of whom the least has been heard at our table are the Tutor and the Musician. [6]
• I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture of what fact or facts, real or supposed, you spoke; but my opinion of your veracity will not permit me for a moment to doubt that you at least believed what you said. [7]
• But, on the whole, the magnet remains the same, and it is probable that a person’s normal electric condition is the thing in him least liable to dangerous variation. [4]
• Fortunately for Victoria, who would not in the least have known what to reply, steps were heard on the porch, and Euphrasia opened the door. [9]
• It was Evelyn who rose first and came forward, without, so far as Philip could see, the least embarrassment of recognition. [4]
• According to Houzeau, who paid particular attention to the subject, the domestic fowl utters at least a dozen significant sounds. [1]
• Those among them who have money take their pleasure simply and with the least expense of physical energy. [4]
• One of them, who had been unable to make the least impression on her heart, resolved to win her by a stratagem. [4]
• How come you, who are one of the least of the gang, to be wearing sound shoes? [10]
• With those animals which were benefited by living in close association, the individuals which took the greatest pleasure in society would best escape various dangers, whilst those that cared least for their comrades, and lived solitary, would perish in greater numbers. [1]
• The work with which Warner himself was least satisfied was his life of Captain John Smith, which came out in 18881. [4]
• If this conclusion, which rests almost exclusively on brain-characters, be admitted, we should have a case of convergence at least in external characters, for the anthropomorphous apes are certainly more like each other in many points, than they are to other apes. [1]
• In spite of which he almost succeeded, this very day, in regaining, for a time at least, the ground he had lost with her. [11]
• There was nothing which gave the least reason to suspect insanity on the part of the writer, whoever he or she might be. [6]
• You remember that when the weather was the least cold, he would try to come into the house. [5]
• My idlest babble, when I am toying with the trifles that fall in my way, if not very full of meaning, is at least musical. [6]
• And only now when I am living, or at least trying» (Pierre’s modesty made him correct himself) «to live for others, only now have I understood all the happiness of life. [2]
• It had seemed, when he stole away from Maurice’s bedside, that he was not in the least needed. [6]
• When I think what we can be if we must, I can’t believe the least of us shall finally perish. [8]
• Reeder—or at least what was left of him—survived his wounds two days! [5]
• At least that’s what they say. [5]
• We didn’t know what they meant, or how to set about their accomplishment, but they were not, at least, mere selfish aspirations; they implied, unconsciously no doubt, an element of service, and certainly our ideal of marriage had something fine in it. [9]
• People don’t know what Cirri are, at least not one out of fifty readers. [6]
• And at least we’ve given her the opportunity of enjoying herself. [8]
• And so they were, in effect—at least they could exhibit it from their windows, and did—for a consideration—whenever a returning king or hero gave it a fleeting splendour, for there was no place like it for affording a long, straight, uninterrupted view of marching columns. [5]
• They, at least, were satisfied, and went off to their rooms with the restful feeling that they had arrived somewhere and no unquiet spirit at morn would say «to horse. [4]
• If Eldon Parr were Procrustes he, Hodder, had fitted the bed, and to say the least, this was extraordinary, if not a little disquieting. [9]
• And if this were oblique it offered, at least, a definite outlet for his energy. [9]
• And yet these were kindly dispensations, for they at least enabled the poor things to rise from the dead now and then, and look upon life when a steamboat went by. [5]
• The room we were in was at least four feet higher than the other, and we looked down on its occupants. [11]
• But the chances were I should not have developed it, since it would seem that any salvation for me at least must come precisely through suffering, through not getting what I wanted. [9]
• Straitened as we were for time, it was impossible to return home without a glimpse, at least, of Paris. [6]
• All their faces were as serene as if all this were happening at home awaiting peaceful encampment, and not within sight of the enemy before an action in which at least half of them would be left on the field. [2]
• I would I were able to press you all to my heart— but I will at least press your eagle. [11]
• Honora, when she went to town for the day, generally could be sure of finding some one, at least, of the Holt family at home at luncheon time. [9]
• Then the world went out in darkness, and I didn’t feel anything more, and didn’t know anything at all —at least for a while. [5]
• And I know well that at least you are not against us in heart. [11]
• We watched the weather all through that awful night, and kept an eye on the barometer, to be prepared for the least change. [5]
• Now she might wear none but white dresses and the least scrap of colored ornament to dress her hair or smarten her robe was strictly forbidden. [10]
• A book which we could master and possess in an evening we can have read to us in a month in the club, without the least intellectual effort. [4]
• So long as we are able to hope and wish, we can bear a great deal of sorrow; if the wished-for happiness does not come, anticipation is at least prolonged and has its own peculiar sweetness. [10]

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We use the quantifier least to talk about quantities, amounts and degree. (The) least is the superlative form of little.

We use the least with different classes of words.

We use the least to make the superlative forms of longer adjectives and the majority of adverbs:

Rosalind seems to be the least worried about their move. (+ adjective)

The least environmentally damaging power source is also the most expensive.

The machines that worked (the) least efficiently were replaced.

We use the least with a noun to mean ‘less than all of the others’. We can leave out the noun when it is obvious:

He did the least work of any of us.

We had a quiz. Rory got the most points. Tim got the least. (the least points)

We use least and the least with a verb as an adverb:

None of them worked much, but Karen worked the least.

Think of the person you’d least expect to get the job.

At least

We use at least (and with more emphasis at the very least) to talk about a minimum number or amount, meaning ‘no less than’:

There were at least twenty people there.

It’ll cost you £3,000 at the very least.

We also use at least to express a minimum of what we expect to happen, usually when we are annoyed about something:

You could at least have phoned me to say you weren’t coming. I waited for ages.

We use at least to rephrase something we have said, to make it more accurate:

She hasn’t got any children. At least, I don’t think she has.

We also use at least to introduce something positive in a situation that seems negative:

It’s a shame it’s so cold but at least it isn’t raining.