itty-bitty
Example Sentences
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The authors have the temerity to report that urban community gardens, those itty-bitty lots where neighbors grow snap peas and the like, don’t amount to a hill of beans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
There was long-winded indulgence and lovely itty-bitty works, over in a flash but suggestive of a full and lovely life, like that of an insect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
Having never lived outside of Chicago, she prized her independence and was reluctant to leave her friends, weekly yoga classes and the "itty-bitty house" she had lived in for decades.
From BBC ● May 31, 2024
Two months later, itty-bitty Quen slept on Gwen's lap inside an air-conditioned studio shed on her mother's property.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2022
No sooner had these words been uttered than America, as one, melted into a puddle of love for Nixon, his wife, his adorable little daughters, and itty-bitty waggy-tailed Checkers.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
