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We expect at least a modicum of eccentricity in our artists.modicum = small amount
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I must've had some modicum of talent, because I kept getting hired, but I wore my shirt and tie like an imposter. (source)
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But was there really no third party deserving of even a modicum of credit?† (source)
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At home, she lacked even a modicum of temper control.† (source)
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It would be easy to stereotype Christopher McCandless as another boy who felt too much, a loopy young man who read too many books and lacked even a modicum of common sense.† (source)
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I feel I owe her at least that modicum of discretion.† (source)
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A man with a modicum of intelligence would have seen that those racketeers meant no good.† (source)
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True, he had not felt it when the diary had been destroyed, but he had thought that was because he had no body to fell, being less than ghost...No, surely, the rest were safe...The other Horcruxes must be intact...But he must know, he must be sure...He paced the room, kicking aside the goblin's corpse as he passed, and the pictures blurred and burned in his boiling brain: the lake, the shack, and Hogwarts — A modicum of calm cooled his rage now.† (source)
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In her view, people, even if they had behaved deplorably in life, deserved a modicum of dignity in death.† (source)
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Eragon chose his response with care to avoid offending her and to provide a modicum of comfort.† (source)
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Cedric clears his throat, recovering a modicum of poise.† (source)
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We moved on to really heavy demolition, setting, off charges on a grand scale, then hand grenades, then rockets, and generally causing major explosions and practicing until we demonstrated a modicum of expertise.† (source)
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If I thought there was one modicum of sense in what you are saying I might bother to engage with you in this discussion.† (source)
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There were dozens of these circular alcoves, each lined with a stone bench and provided with a velvet curtain that could be pulled closed to provide a modicum of privacy.† (source)
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It takes a modicum of thinking, but within an hour or so, I invent a great (I think) excuse.† (source)
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But maybe, with time, we might have been able to build up some modicum of mutual trust...But to stand there and deny it?† (source)
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