They are soft-shelled, halfformed, you can bring them crashing down with a single word.

When he answered she told him every single word of her conversation with Betty 's manager.

For Tusk seems to know before the hippie behind the counter speaks a single word to precipitate his doom, This is it!

I edged forward on my pew in the gallery so I wouldn't miss a single word.

A single word burst upon the stillness, reverberated through the trees in a dizzying circle.