smallness
Example Sentences
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Maine’s smallness, too, ensures that she can fulfill her home state’s dreams while also being magnanimous with her colleagues.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Canadians tend to think they are above such smallness, but here we are getting in our own way, forgetting those we lost and disregarding how the crash could have happened in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
"From the very first moment anybody sees this animal one is staggered by its extreme smallness," says Dieudonné.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 3, 2026
Things that never were include: air never breathed, “mountains never climbed” and John Muir’s sense of smallness in the presence of a mountain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
She thought often about Alice, the delicate quality to her smallness and fairness, the incredible strength of her piano playing.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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