tininess

Example Sentences

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A grain of sand is generally used for expressing tininess, or insignificance.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2023

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

Children are thought to be such good gymnasts in part because they are smaller and lighter, yet tininess is only partly a biomechanical necessity for success.

From New York Times • May 4, 2021

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