little woman
Example Sentences
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She loved breaking taboos, especially the idea of the little woman at home, cooking, without much more to their lives, she recalls.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023
“I’m not sitting here, some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette,” she said to the interviewer.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022
“The image to the public entering the courtroom was eight men, of a certain size, and then this little woman sitting to the side. That was not a good image for the public to see.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2020
“You know, I’m not sitting here, some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette,” she said defiantly, an Arkansas twang in her voice.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2018
Mama was a little woman, barely tipping the scales at a hundred pounds; but what she lacked in height and weight, she made up in strength and spirit.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
