bantam
Example Sentences
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His bantam squads were among the best in the country and seven of his players were invited to USA Hockey’s prestigious National Team Development Program Evaluation Camps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
In March 2023, the bantam hen from Michigan was crowned the world's oldest living chicken by Guinness World Records.
From DOGO News ● Sep. 19, 2023
He was skinny as a young man, and the Toronto Globe and Mail once quoted some of his fellow fliers as saying he was “more like a wiry bantam weight.”
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2022
A bantam alpha, gut sucked into his chest, shoulders padded out like a linebacker, hair center-parted and pomaded back; the little creep who makes nothing but takes a fee on it anyway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2020
Behind him flew Ser Flement's purple unicorn, the brindled boar of Crakehall, the bantam rooster of Swyft, and more.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
