little bit

Example Sentences

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Not that Aguirre was especially worried about how his team looked—“I think we had a little bit of stage fright,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“So it’s a little bit hard to switch, in some cases, out of dairy.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Hugh said the diagnosis was "quite a shock", adding: "I really didn't expect that because I had no pain, just a little bit short of breath if I was doing heavy exercise."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“I think it’s really powerful — it’s a little bit romantic,” Tito said, adding that he’d wished “for a life of more travels and to visit a lot of countries.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“A mile,” he says quickly, and his eyebrows raise in a little bit of his trademark impishness.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse