smallness

Example Sentences

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Maine’s smallness, too, ensures that she can fulfill her home state’s dreams while also being magnanimous with her colleagues.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

But the smallness and lockstep defeatism of so much commentary on the war also stems from the normal human tendency to interpret today’s big thing as another version of yesterday’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

"From the very first moment anybody sees this animal one is staggered by its extreme smallness," says Dieudonné.

From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026

It was a blueprint for what was to come, he said of Babbitt: “The blondeness is important, the smallness is important, but so is the camouflage of being a veteran.”

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026

The beauty of what we do is its secrecy, its smallness.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison