microcosmic

Example Sentences

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Surely, there has got to be some speck of humanity here, some microcosmic pocket of life detectable amid her robotic demeanor and Ratner’s styleless direction.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

Millet’s definition of the end of the world is expansive: Sometimes, the world is microcosmic and social.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

Begun during the isolation of the pandemic shutdown, the pictures are appropriately interior and microcosmic.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

With its portrait of the kind of middle-class, multigenerational abode that’s increasingly rare in growing cities like Mumbai, “About Love” feels like a microcosmic epic, an entire world captured in a grain of sand.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023

“Despite my curiosity, I decided that my ignorance was less important than the existence of this microcosmic ecosystem in a veritable desert.”

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone