Synonyms:
trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
Meaning: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
Usage examples
It was not afraid and not ashamed; the last vestige of the human taint had vanished.
"No," said Julia resolutely, every vestige of a smile leaving her face at Eleanor's words.
Every vestige of hostile fleets had been swept away, until, after the battle of Trafalgar, British frigates ceased practice with their guns.
This crime was committed after long, hypocritical premeditation, and no pang of remorse, no vestige of shame, caused those myriads of accomplices to stay their hands.
He had bought a large map representing the sea, Without the least vestige of land: And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be A map they could all understand.
The population of Sweden has been estimated from two millions and a half to three millions; a small number for such an immense tract of country, of which only so much is cultivated--and that in the simplest manner--as is absolutely requisite to supply the necessaries of life; and near the seashore, whence herrings are easily procured, there scarcely appears a vestige of cultivation.