whits

[US]/wɪt/
[UK]/wɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a small amount; a bit

Phrases & Collocations

not a whit

a whit better

Example Sentences

There’s not a whit of truth in the statement.

doesn't give a whit what was said; not a whit afraid.

There are many whites in our town.

bluish-gray whiting of California coast

folded the beaten egg whites into the batter.

fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture.

whisk 2 egg whites to stiff peaks.

the last whit of warmth was drawn off by the setting sun.

your passion hath whited your face.

Beat the egg whites until they peak.

The government must be seen to be whiter than white.

The Whites have gone for a holiday on the Continent.

Fold in the beaten whites of two eggs.

my mother was fond of her and I shall be every whit as fond.

wash whites separately to avoid them being dulled.

The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.

She used the whites of six eggs to make the cake.

The largest, Keet Seel, was first discovered by whites in 1895;

Real-world Examples

While she did not regret her decision one whit, the matter in its true light discomfited her.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Could they abate one whit of the truth and sublimity of the idea of God?

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Four)

Whither a man went, he wouldn't feel whit safe.

Source: Pan Pan

Mr. Theophilus Freeman, by the way, was not a whit behind his partner, Burch, in the matter of blasphemy.

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

Clara was honest and quiet; but heavy, mindless, and unimpressible: not one whit to my taste.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

I put her cool hand to my hot forehead; " No, Die, not one whit" .

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

Now you are small—not one whit bigger than the end of my little finger.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

" A little, " admitted Hopkins, no whit dismayed to find that there really was a Tom Tisdall.

Source: One Shilling Candle (Upper)

What is more, the visionary method of making the discovery would not be a whit more miraculous than the normal method.

Source: Saint Joan of Arc

Yes, and the lover may see this as clearly as anyone else but that does not affect the evolution of his love one whit.

Source: 100 Classic English Essays for Recitation

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