diminutive

Example Sentences

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The diminutive works gathered here show that a poverty of space doesn’t impede an artist’s ability to elicit a big response.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

This being “Primal,” they’re set upon by a group of diminutive flesh-eaters with jagged teeth, igniting a life-or-death skirmish that, miraculously, steals the viewer’s breath.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

The bespectacled and diminutive officer became military chief in 2011, as Myanmar broke with its history of iron-fisted martial rule and began its latest experiment with democracy.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

And in the Santa Maria Valley, a diminutive 15-year-old girl struggles to load a large bucket with 20 pounds of tomatillos, earning $3 for each one she fills.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Rejected for his diminutive stature, he sequestered himself in the Canadian wilderness, “a-huntin’ and a-fishin’.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand