1.   He was shirtless, had the merest hint of a moustache and smiled easily.

2.   The weather was warm and sunny, with the merest hint of a breeze.

3.   There was the merest hint of vulnerability in the urgency of his need for her.

4.   Yet it is the merest hint of hope in a story of otherwise unbroken tragedy.

5.   You only need type the merest hint of innuendo into a search engine to come face to face with a porno advert.

6.   And about the closed lips is the merest hint of a Mona Lisa smile.

7.   And the merest hint of sovereign immunity is deeply antithetical to the American spirit, going back to the Revolution.

8.   Moore says nudists are ever-vigilant to the potential problem of voyeurs or other unsavory characters and will eject suspicious types at the merest hint of impropriety.

9.   Others have gone beyond the letter of the law in crafting company policies that would avoid the merest hint of a problem.