smallness

Example Sentences

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Smallness, of mind and character, is the order of the day in our public figures.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2023

Smallness of spirit and vision may well be rewarded.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2021

Smallness of horizon, triviality of design, feebleness of mind or body are absent.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.

Smallness of numbers, lack of skilled teachers, and modesty of means should not discourage or deter them.

From Dawn of a New Day by Shoghi Effendi

Phil Trans., vol., lxxvi.—Catalogue of a Thousand Nebulæ and Clusters of Stars.—Researches on the Cause of a Defect of Definition in Vision, which has been attributed to the Smallness of the Optic Pencils.

From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert