wee

Example Sentences

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The wee powered hardtop mechanism does retract, after a fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Friends and neighbours on Cardowan Road paid tribute to her earlier this week, describing her as a "nice wee lady".

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

"I was hoping to get some of the coursework done, and then just a wee bit of revision," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Earlier, in the wee hours of Sunday, the US space agency published an image taken by the Artemis crew, showing a distant Moon with the Orientale basin visible.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

The 34th segment is a wee bit too short; the half-inch ruler juts out a little beyond the corner of the square.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife