Lilliputian
Example Sentences
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Nearby are additional puzzling landscapes in which other Lilliputian figures, at times the scale of insects, feel overwhelmed by outsize vegetation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
The visual goal, she reminded us: “It’s about being in Lilliputian land — about making your trough believable, a miniature landscape.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023
Set largely in and around a house nestled in the woods, Sciamma’s Lilliputian tour de force is a wittily modern fairy tale and model of elegant narrative economy.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022
As you well know, trusted travelers can leave their electronics and quart-size pouch of Lilliputian liquids, gels, pastes and creams inside their carry-ons at security checkpoints.
From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2022
Arnold’s photograph of the aftermath showed a Lilliputian man, possibly Burnham, standing before a great mound of shattered wood and tangled steel.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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