slighter
Example Sentences
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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
The slighter, swifter Sam Simmonds starts at eight after Alex Dombrandt's brush with Covid.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 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
Whoever this was, he was slighter than Eril-Fane, and sank less deeply into the down.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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