molehill

Example Sentences

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Chris Ryley, who co-runs the pub, said "a mountain has been made out of a molehill" and that the dolls were "part of our history".

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2023

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi -- from every mountainside.

From Fox News • Jan. 17, 2022

I think you’re building a mountain out of a molehill.

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2021

In another, two moles stare at a mountain in the distance, and one says, “It started out as a molehill, but then I just kept going.”

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2020

An old, close-bitten pasture, with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there.

From "1984" by George Orwell