pocket-sized
Example Sentences
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The introduction of the modern smartphone–crystallized by the 2007 debut of the iPhone–collapsed multiple devices into a single pocket-sized tool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
More than 100 million of the pocket-sized plastic eggs have been sold worldwide since their debut, manufacturer Bandai Namco says.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
Pointedly, there was Timothy Snyder’s tidy pocket-sized handbook “On Tyranny” filled with 20 short but fortifying chapters of practical wisdom like “Do not obey in advance,” “Defend institutions” and “Believe in truth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2025
After surgery, patients use augmented-reality glasses equipped with a video camera linked to a pocket-sized computer with a zoom feature worn at the waist.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2025
We walked through the tiny living room into the miniature kitchen and upstairs into my fathers pint-sized bedroom and on into my pocket-sized bedroom and into the wee bathroom.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
