slighter

Example Sentences

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Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson was cooler on the film, commenting A Real Pain "is slighter than expected and is thus easily overwhelmed by Culkin’s high shtick".

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2024

But once he started dominating, he kept dominating, putting up six double-doubles in seven playoff games, obliterating short-handed Memphis inside while steamrolling the Lakers’ slighter opponents on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023

Wu showcases a knack for mining meaning out of the slighter essays, about her teenage job at a quaint bakery, for example, or her idiosyncratic affection for bunnies.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022

But when the specifics are added to the calculation — the bad loss at Stanford and the no-shows against Utah — a slighter darker tint emerges for the final verdict.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2022

They are both medium height—around five feet seven—but Vincent is broader, bigger; Theo slighter, thinner.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman