pinhead

Example Sentences

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With a brain the size of a pinhead, insects perform fantastic navigational feats.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2024

The greatest threat to honey bees isn’t much larger than a pinhead.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 7, 2022

During the tours, experts try to count pinhead cherries in the branches to come up with more detailed projections.

From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2021

The tussle over a punctuation mark no larger than a pinhead comes in a country that has earned a reputation as the defamation capital of the world.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2021

Christopher found the place —Areat; or, the Island of Living Gold, it read—on his map: it was barely larger than a pinhead.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell