molehill
Example Sentences
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Pardon me, but I resented being called a molehill almost as much as being called a rat.
From Literature
And some of his most unexpected laughs are in his own mixing up of mountains and molehills.
From New York Times
When the mass of several suns is compressed into an orb that is 10 km in diameter, extreme gravity crushes mountains of superdense material into molehills that are millimeters tall.
From Scientific American
Shame on people for making a mountain out of a molehill.
From Washington Post
I've got three ingredients in my potting compost: one-third compost, one-third rotten down leaf mold, and one-third loam that I've got from molehills in my field is perfect.
From Salon
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