very mention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofveryandmention
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very
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈver.i/us/ˈver.i/
(used to add emphasis to a noun) exact ...
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mention
noun
uk/ˈmen.ʃən/us/ˈmen.ʃən/
a short remark or ...
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(Definition ofveryandmentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvery mention
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Theverymentionof finger prints seems to strike fear into their hearts.
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Theverymentionof closure was unthinkable to the work force and alarming to the community.
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The fragile structure of civilisation totters and is close to crumbling at theverymentionof the word.
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The farming community, who hitherto dithered at theverymentionof controls, were no longer afraid of them.
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Theverymentionof public ownership—municipal ownership, nationalisation—horrifies them.
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They are terrified at theverymentionof the sheriff's court.
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Theverymentionof this in certain parts of my constituency makes people get hot under the collar.
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Theverymentionof the name drives one to eloquence.
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I know that theverymentionof a rise in the bank rate is calculated to provoke fears of a return to millions of unemployed.
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Labour"— listen to this— "does not want a defence debat: theverymentionof defence sends it running for cover.
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Theverymentionof such objects casts ridicule upon the suggestion of such an allocation.
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Theverymentionof "planning" these days causes grave apprehension in the hearts of many people.
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Theverymentionof the one case throws doubt on the position in the other.
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Theverymentionof "borrowing" is inspiring him with lovely references to 1946, one year after the war.
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At one time theverymentionof a penny being put on the rates for any purpose whatever caused people to hold up their hands in holy horror.
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I will not quote any more instances, but there are a number of trade marks which, by theverymention of the name, clearly establish a certain quality.
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Keener notes that theverymentionof a religious leader with female followers could have been considered scandalous in this era.
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Theverymentionof the word removed all their sins.
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Theverymentionof this word makes him punish himself to unimaginable heights.
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