tininess

Example Sentences

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The cartoon is labeled as “not even kind of sort of vaguely close to scale,” which manages to convey tininess that is inherently difficult to grasp.

From Scientific American • Oct. 22, 2023

A creature's helplessness and tininess also determines whether or not we find it cute.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2022

He has plenty of poetic company, all seduced by the color, beauty and teeny tininess of the hummingbird but failed to notice the ferocity burning in its rapidly beating heart.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2019

The extreme tininess of these babies might seem unusual—panda mothers typically weigh 900 times more than their newborns, while human mothers are only around 20 times heavier than their babies.

From National Geographic • Aug. 28, 2015

My tininess, how Aunt Joan and Grandma and Grandpa came and stayed with us off and on for weeks.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon