pinhead

Example Sentences

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They can walk, hover and the males can even sing love songs to woo mates - all this with a brain that’s tinier than a pinhead.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2024

I’m a mere critic, not a network pinhead, as David Letterman referred to executives who made these kinds of decisions, but that doesn’t mean I can’t dream up cockamamie ideas.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023

Ricin, found naturally in castor beans, can cause death within 36 to 72 hours from exposure to an amount as small as a pinhead.

From Reuters • Jan. 8, 2023

Every single day he looked like he had just walked out of Sunday school: Every thin yellow hair on his pinhead was perfectly cut and licked to a gloss.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles