half-pint
Example Sentences
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The tiny, half-pint cartons of milk served with millions of school lunches nationwide may soon be scarce in some cafeterias, with districts across the country scrambling to find alternatives.
From Washington Times • Nov. 3, 2023
But her half-pint size makes Leia more vulnerable, which is likely a good thing for the character.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2022
I killed the fruit flies for Kenneth Cooper, whose lab was up on the second floor, where he and his wife, Ruth, geneticists, raised them in half-pint glass milk bottles.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020
I’ve gotten more proficient over the years, though, at transforming large quantities of summer produce to fill half-pint Ball jars and wide-mouth Mason quarts.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2019
“In fifty years, did you ever have a vacation, you little, silly, half-pint, smidgin of a wife?”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
