smallness

Example Sentences

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But the smallness and lockstep defeatism of so much commentary on the war also stems from the normal human tendency to interpret today’s big thing as another version of yesterday’s.

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

The actor’s height allows him to tower over Spaeny to such a degree that it only emphasizes her smallness next to his stature.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2023

It was as if we’d stepped into the larger crosscurrents of culture and history, reminded suddenly of our relative smallness in the wider arc of time.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama