little person
Example Sentences
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Growing up on the East Coast and being a little person, I used comedy as a way to break the ice, and also be like, “Hey, let’s be funny and lighten the situation.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
“This is going to be a gamechanger. It’s like having a little person in your shirt pocket all day telling you what is going on.”
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
Being the only little person in the room, these restaurants all gave me the royal treatment.
From Salon • May 2, 2024
“Even as a little person, it wasn’t about just being seen, it was about the telling of the story,” she said.
From New York Times • May 10, 2023
“I went into her house and ate her food. But I was joking about being bewitched. She’s the gentlest little person you ever saw. You’d love her, Mercy.”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
