teensy
Example Sentences
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A teensy stretch of trading weakness this year—a pause in rip-roaring gains, really—has left the valuation looking ordinary, despite a profit outlook that has no equal in history.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Things seem a teensy bit off in the opulent Long Island manor to which we are introduced at the start of “The Housemaid.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
One can’t look into their hearts and souls, but under the circumstances their arguments seem more than a teensy bit cynical.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2024
Before he made his final judgment, there was just one teensy item to attend to.
From Slate • Sep. 30, 2023
Mom explained that we’d left Phoenix in a teensy bit of a hurry, you know how that goes, and unfortunately, in all the commotion, she forgot to pack stuff like school records and birth certificates.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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