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

They take the molehill, and they try to turn it into a mountain, yeah.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2022

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

From Fox News • Jan. 17, 2022

Am I making a mountain out of a molehill?

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2021

And he was busy anagramming anything odd—any odd night, handy dog tin, doing thy DNA—when Colin did his DNA proud: he stumbled on a molehill and fell.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green