itty-bitty
Example Sentences
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The authors have the temerity to report that urban community gardens, those itty-bitty lots where neighbors grow snap peas and the like, don’t amount to a hill of beans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
There was long-winded indulgence and lovely itty-bitty works, over in a flash but suggestive of a full and lovely life, like that of an insect.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025
Having never lived outside of Chicago, she prized her independence and was reluctant to leave her friends, weekly yoga classes and the "itty-bitty house" she had lived in for decades.
From BBC • May 31, 2024
Two months later, itty-bitty Quen slept on Gwen's lap inside an air-conditioned studio shed on her mother's property.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2022
“Don’t act so superior. You yell your head off if you get an itty-bitty splinter in your finger,” Emilia said.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
