pocket-size
Example Sentences
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From tech-forward grills and hand-forged carbon-steel roasters to a smart-home security system and a pocket-size monocular, each item was chosen for its mix of beauty, utility, and a little bit of wonder.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2025
Gutberlet recalled friends alerting him to an uptick in Chinese imitations of Kaweco’s pocket-size “Sport” pens for a 10th of the price.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025
After finding the remains, Dwyer used his Garmin InReach — a $400 pocket-size satellite-messaging device — to send an SOS with their exact location to authorities.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023
Toward the rear, a hand-built display case is neatly lined with hundreds of maquettes, pocket-size configurations of bent, vibrantly colored sheet metal — a museum in miniature representing decades of proposals, some realized, many not.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2023
I constantly borrowed Mr. Brown’s pocket-size dictionary to look up meanings of words, and would memorize them like arithmetic tables and write them in a small notebook.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
