"We can't," she whispered when he raised his mouth a fraction of an inch.

But since then he has struggled to raise even a fraction of the $1.2 million needed to set up an endowment.

She raised her lashes a fraction and gave him a frank, skeptical look.

Many new Internet companies raise a small fraction of that amount.

But though we're not exactly poor, we couldn't raise a fraction of the funds needed.

Mo pulled himself together and raised his chin a fraction of an inch.

With her chin raised a fraction, she was looking at him defiantly.

Harry raised the gun a fraction but he didn't shoot.

Raised just a fraction of an inch at the bottom.

He raised his voice a fraction and hardened if considerably more.