little people
Example Sentences
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The obvious question he did not answer was this: What did he need us little people for?
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Pate said recent Democratic wins in regional and local elections had given her "hope that the little people -- the working class — maybe are being heard."
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
"Even with so little, people were doing the best they could. And patients were happy, even though they were struggling. I'd never seen that kind of relationship between human beings before."
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
One way to understand how little people thought of these teams’ chances before the start of the season is through their preseason odds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
For they are a little people, smaller than Dwarves: less stout and stocky, that is, even when they are not actually much shorter.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
