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
His most dramatic liberties were reined in; tempo fluctuations became slighter.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
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
The second male hovered unobtrusively behind them, slighter than the leader, his light brown hair and regular features both nondescript.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
