miniature

Example Sentences

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The sight of it purely took my breath away because spread out before me was all of Sassafras Springs—every inch of it—in miniature.

From Literature

They are also used in the manufacture of miniature motors, such as those that fold away a car's wing mirrors automatically when it is parked.

From Barron's

Since he was a teenager, the 45-year-old has been practising Behzad's celebrated miniature art style, which inspired French artist Henri Matisse.

From Barron's

Dozens of hand-torn paper fragments connected by rows of string become miniature projection screens, each flashing with images of the same sleeping heads, busy hands and forest animals.

From Los Angeles Times

Researchers have discovered a way to coax the bacteria living in animals' digestive systems into acting like miniature factories that produce compounds linked to longer life.

From Science Daily