molehill
Example Sentences
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Could we be making a mountain out of a molehill?
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2024
Chris Ryley, who co-runs the pub, said "a mountain has been made out of a molehill" and that the dolls were "part of our history".
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2023
In another, two moles stare at a mountain in the distance, and one says, “It started out as a molehill, but then I just kept going.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
A molehill is even said to have caused the death of William of Orange, who was thrown from a horse that tripped over one.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2019
Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
