smallness
Example Sentences
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Maine’s smallness, too, ensures that she can fulfill her home state’s dreams while also being magnanimous with her colleagues.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Canadians tend to think they are above such smallness, but here we are getting in our own way, forgetting those we lost and disregarding how the crash could have happened in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
"From the very first moment anybody sees this animal one is staggered by its extreme smallness," says Dieudonné.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 3, 2026
Unconcerned with smallness, the movie comes within scraping distance of Michelangelo Antonioni’s cryptic 1970 “Zabriskie Point” and maybe “Quest for Fire” too, except this is a quest for beats, even as bodies break down.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
She thought it too slow, the dust too red, the people too satisfied with the smallness of their lives.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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