pinhead

Example Sentences

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With a brain the size of a pinhead, insects perform fantastic navigational feats.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2024

The Birmingham artist has previously produced what is thought to be the world's tiniest nativity scene and a picture of the Queen on a pinhead.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023

The greatest threat to honey bees isn’t much larger than a pinhead.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 7, 2022

During the tours, experts try to count pinhead cherries in the branches to come up with more detailed projections.

From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2021

By the time we reach Pluto, we have come so far that the Sun–our dear, warm, skin-tanning, life-giving Sun–has shrunk to the size of a pinhead.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson