How to Use small in a Sentence

small

1 of 2 adjective

• They live in a small house.
• The movie was a small success.
• The toy is small enough to fit in my pocket.
• She moved to a smaller town.
• There are still a few small details we have to deal with.
• This room is a little smaller than that one.
• The change had only a small impact on the community.
• It's only a small mistake.
• Thus the left wheel of the train was smaller than the right wheel of the train.
  — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2019
• My style is way worse than that of a small child, and 2.
  — Ruby Buddemeyer, Marie Claire, 15 June 2018
• The white shirt has brown stripes on the sleeves and a small Browns logo.
  — Hannah Drown, cleveland, 6 July 2020
• Stroud knows that even if the window is small, the throw will be there.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2021
• The numbers, big or small, gave her some peace of mind.
  — Michael Errigo, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
• But sometimes, the big fish should stay in the small pond to defend the minnows from the sharks.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• Notice the small details in Sansa's sleeves and the wolf stole around her neck.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 20 May 2019
• The package came in a small black box, covered in tape.
  — Alana Semuels, The Atlantic, 22 May 2018
• The litmus test: was the bathroom too small to close the door behind her?
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2022
• Add a small amount of cream of tartar to stabilize the egg whites.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2022
• Both chicks are small, fluffy and hang out with their parents.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 27 July 2019
• The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world weighing 2 grams.
  — Brian Broom, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
• This is because the roots are just beginning to grow, and the plant is still small.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 29 Apr. 2023
• If your tortilla doesn’t inflate, the culprit might be a small tear in the seam.
  — Haneen J. Iqbal, Bon Appétit, 2 Feb. 2023
• Barnard’s star is also a very small and dim type of star known as a red dwarf.
  — Loren Grush, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2018
• Yet this is only a small part of what a welfare state does.
  — The Economist, 12 July 2018
• Zeiger, then 26, was a nurse in a small surgical unit there.
  — Jim Rendon, Marie Claire, 29 Oct. 2018
• Scott’s speech was to a quieter and smaller room — and for only a fraction of the time.
  — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• The effects in that study are small, and need replicating, but make sense to me.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 3 Nov. 2017
• Bring a small saucepan of water deep enough to cover two eggs to a boil over high heat.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
• All these towns where there was nothing to do but walk up and down the sidewalks and go in and out of small stores.
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• Her audience is small, but the freakout over the news is huge.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Feb. 2018

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small

2 of 2 noun

• These shirts are all smalls.
• Then place the right hand along the small of your back and open up the right shoulder even more.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 22 Dec. 2020
• Bring the other hand to the small of your back with your palm up, or to the back of your neck with the palm down.
  — Amanda Loudin, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2019
• The big are getting bigger, and the small are struggling.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 22 June 2023
• His hand went to the small of my back, tracing the space just above my tailbone.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2022
• Plus sizes and curvy fits sat alongside smalls and slim fits.
  — Khadeeja Safdar, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2018
• In fact, even the big guys are jumping on the small-is-mighty bandwagon.
  — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2022
• Inmates wear drug dispensers at the small of their back.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2022
• One thing that works to discourage ants is to hang a small can between the hook on the eaves and the feeder.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2022
• Keep the left palm pressing into the earth or deepen the twist by taking the left hand to the small of your back.
  — Kelly Dinardo New York Times, Star Tribune, 23 Oct. 2020
• Finish each tasty tree with a small for a pine needle look.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2021
• If not, just be prepared to take the smalls out a minute or two before the bigs to avoid overcooking.
  — Dawn Perry, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
• Now, brush aside your overcoat and tuck the object snugly into the waist of your pants at the small of your back.
  — Michael Finkel, Time, 14 June 2023
• Which of the three groups (normals, smalls, Epi2s) will be most successful?
  — Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2017
• Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart, core engaged, and your hands placed one on top the other at the small of your back.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 21 Feb. 2022
• The revolver was designed to be easily concealed on the small of his back.
  — Les Payne, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2020
• The vest falls right at the waist, and the detachable five-layer foam seat flips up and securely out of the way at the small of the back for a no-bulk design.
  — Justin Park, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023
• The baby’s head was creating intense pressure in the small of her back.
  — New York Times, 3 May 2022
• The Suns can be tempted at some point to give up Jackson, an athletic small forward who would help the Cavs.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 3 Aug. 2017
• At one point, the pair leaned in close for a kiss, with Kinnaman wrapping an arm around his fiancée and placing it on the small of her back.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• So, 60 famine years are needed for smalls to make up 90 percent of the population.
  — Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2017
• Cary pressed on, his fanny pack and its contents jabbing the small of his back, but encountered more signs.
  — Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
• Later, a female worker came up behind her and put her hand on the small of Barraza’s back and asked her a question.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2022
• And in an ominous sign for Democrats, Biden has seen his own poll numbers slumping -- in no small over the impacts of inflation.
  — Manu Raju, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022
• The victim told police one man placed what felt like a gun in the small of his back while the second offender took the wallet from his back pocket.
  — chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2021
• In the sweet black-and-white photo captured by Chris Jackson, Kate could be seen gently placing her hand on the small of her husband's back.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
• His mother joined him, along with Hancock, who now oversaw the family’s safety and wore a handgun at the small of his back.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 28 June 2021
• With Maxi Kleber out with right ankle soreness, Dallas played long stretches of small-ball.
  — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2022
• Models barely wore makeup, if any at all, and hair was left imperfect and tousled; some were given waves down to the smalls of their backs.
  — Kevin Leblanc, ELLE, 14 Feb. 2023
• These are the front-line pros who face long days filled with uncertainty, so now is the time to give back with a little something to pamper and put a small on someone’s face.
  — David Syrek, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 9 May 2024