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

For his Lilliputian rivals, the new conglomerate was a nightmare.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2022

Hired from Boston, Chile native Matt Singer has personalized the menu with dishes including lightly torched mackerel crudo, splashed with ponzu sauce and garnished with Lilliputian onion rings, and housemade tagliatelle dressed with butter-poached squid.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2022

“I’m very sensitive. My feelings get hurt very easily. So you can tell the Lilliputian that I am not going to move until he apologizes.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy