1.   Even at its most workaday, shop life held a hint of drama and spectacle.

2.   With eager anticipation, though her clear golden-brown eyes held a hint of sadness, Luce Weston descended the steps.

3.   His blue eyes held a hint of warning.

4.   Because the great majority of such releases are never printed in newspapers or other publications, the archives can hold hints of future opportunities and challenges.

5.   Creamy and velvety, with large chunks of crisp onion and egg white, the heavenly stuff somehow holds a hint of sweetness below its smoky savor.

6.   It is precisely those bits and pieces that investigators presume are most likely to hold hints of the cause of the crash.

7.   The seismogram of a Monday blast, van der Vink said, held a hint of what was perhaps another blast signature.