wee

Example Sentences

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The wee powered hardtop mechanism does retract, after a fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Colligan, a local lollipop lady known as Betty, was described as a "nice wee lady" by neighbours on Cardowan Road.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Friends and neighbours on Cardowan Road paid tribute to a "nice wee lady".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Earlier, in the wee hours of Sunday, the US space agency published an image taken by the Artemis crew, showing a distant Moon with the Orientale basin visible.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

When he found there was no way to escape and no place to hide, he sat quaking with indignation, a wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie, just as the poem said.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary