From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha suggestion of somethinga suggestion of somethingLITTLE/NOT MUCHa slight amount of something There was just a suggestion of a smile on her face. → suggestion
Examples from the Corpus
a suggestion of something• For example, just above the keys there seems to be a suggestion of a darker horizontal band.• There is even a suggestion of official encouragement to depositors to use the Manx bank shortly before it went bust.• There is no promise of safety in the story at all, or even a suggestion of how to physically survive danger.• There is a suggestion of creation tales, evolution-of a survivor with millions of years of genetic knowledge.• She looked at him with just a suggestion of a smile.• Miss Sargent seems more than careful not to let a suggestion of the relationship extend to her art.• It must not be overdone, but it can make a suggestion of mood that the listener will have.• However, Paleolithic and Neolithic art often emphasized the buttocks, sometimes exaggerating them to a suggestion of hills or mountains.• It is used harshly + with a suggestion of violence. 