little people
Example Sentences
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Pate said recent Democratic wins in regional and local elections had given her "hope that the little people -- the working class — maybe are being heard."
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
One way to understand how little people thought of these teams’ chances before the start of the season is through their preseason odds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
“Little by little, people started to talk about it, and it became this dark horse in the middle of big films.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
This is because I have a ton of little people living with me: a 6-year-old, a 4-year-old, and a 1-and-a-half-year-old.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2024
For they are a little people, smaller than Dwarves: less stout and stocky, that is, even when they are not actually much shorter.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
