microcosmic
Example Sentences
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Millet’s definition of the end of the world is expansive: Sometimes, the world is microcosmic and social.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
With its portrait of the kind of middle-class, multigenerational abode that’s increasingly rare in growing cities like Mumbai, “About Love” feels like a microcosmic epic, an entire world captured in a grain of sand.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
"Alcarràs" presents a microcosmic look at a family, a farm, and a community by allowing viewers to eavesdrop on their lives.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2022
That first half-hour of testimony was sort of a microcosmic recapitulation of Palin’s 2008 debut on the national stage.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2022
It is an old rural town that has even a few bams, an alienated and microcosmic village within a large city.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
