slighter

Example Sentences

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Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson was cooler on the film, commenting A Real Pain "is slighter than expected and is thus easily overwhelmed by Culkin’s high shtick".

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2024

But once he started dominating, he kept dominating, putting up six double-doubles in seven playoff games, obliterating short-handed Memphis inside while steamrolling the Lakers’ slighter opponents on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023

Wu showcases a knack for mining meaning out of the slighter essays, about her teenage job at a quaint bakery, for example, or her idiosyncratic affection for bunnies.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022

Larger people burn more baseline calories than people who are slighter.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2021

The second male hovered unobtrusively behind them, slighter than the leader, his light brown hair and regular features both nondescript.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer