Did I detect a hint of concern in his voice?

Did he detect a hint of regret in those black eyes?

But no, he could not detect even a hint of familiarity.

Did I detect a hint of odor that shouldn't be there?

As it turned out, he detected a hint of banana, too.

But nowhere in the stories as Howard wrote them do we detect a hint of a plan to become king one day.

I detected a hint of sarcasm in the teacher's voice.

Then her heart beat faster as she detected a hint of spice.

He detected a hint of jealousy in his neighbors voice.

But his words lacked heat, and she detected a hint of regret.