How to Use a wee bit in a Sentence

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• This time around, Gay is a little older and perhaps just a wee bit more cynical.
  — Karen Campbell, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2023
• Ira seems a little goofy and maybe just a wee bit strange.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2014
• This is the Spring Break of cakes: fun, tropical, and a just a wee bit boozy.
  — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2022
• At this point, the sexcapades of Fifty Shades Of Grey are starting to feel a wee bit tired.
  — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• All of this is, of course, just a wee bit of an exaggeration.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2021
• The tropical year is a wee bit shorter, 21 minutes or so.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2012
• Though the study does not come right out and say it, knights in shining armor may have looked a wee bit goofy mounted on their less-than-mighty steeds.
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022
• This superb value is packed with aromas and flavors of white peaches, Bosc pears and a wee bit of clove.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2022
• If anything, the galaxies are a wee bit farther away, making the case for little or no dark matter even stronger.
  — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2021
• Belmond is adding a wee bit more opulence to the Royal Scotsman sleeper train.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2023
• Projects by Miranda tend to attract a wee bit of attention.
  — Jocelyn Noveck, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2021
• That turns out to be a wee bit more complicated—and deserves its own article.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2023
• This year’s backyard BBQ might be a wee bit less festive and a lot more intimate than years past due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the music doesn’t have to be.
  — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 3 July 2020
• Last month, the CPI report revealed inflation running at an 8.3% annual growth rate, a wee bit better than the 8.5% reading in April.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 10 June 2022
• That's after all three major averages closed a wee bit higher on Tuesday.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2021
• And not to generalize, but marching around and chanting sounds like something actors might be a wee bit more built for than us pasty, anti-social scribes.
  — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
• And not to generalize, but marching around and chanting sounds like something actors might be a wee bit more built for than us pasty, anti-social scribes.
  — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
• And then Thor's smiling face appears, making Quill a wee bit uncomfortable.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2022
• Whereas Sue Ann knew everything there was to know about getting a man into bed, Rose got to the same place innocently, and by being just a wee bit off center.
  — New York Times, 31 Dec. 2021
• There’s also something to the Reapers that feels a wee bit recycled — the cult-like following of the Governor, the masks of the Whisperers, the paramilitary vibe of Commonwealth.
  — Richard Rys, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2021
• The Titan Kettle is a wee bit thicker and sturdier than the (also fantastic) competitors Evernew and Toaks.
  — Matt Jancer, Wired, 29 Nov. 2021
• Many scenes in Belfast come straight from Branagh’s memoir, though there is a wee bit of creative license, particularly in the western-aping showdown that forms the film’s climax.
  — Vulture, 22 Mar. 2022
• Everyone is just looking a wee bit too polished, which is nonsense for a woman who much preferred sitting on a hot beach to leaping around the rainy countryside on a horse.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Nov. 2022
• Plus, teenagers tend to be just a wee bit changeable, defying a traditional narrative arc.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2023
• Ahead of the inaugural awards ceremony, the Duke of Cambridge has been speaking out on climate, with remarks that, by royal standards, have been a wee bit sharp.
  — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2021
• American manufacturers ran a wee bit less hot last month.
  — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2022
• The little silver circles, Boyce tells Allure, took about an hour to apply — a wee bit longer than your typical nail salon session, but obviously so very worth it.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 20 Nov. 2023
• Some reactions will be reasonable, but naturally there will also be some that are just a wee bit hyperbolic.
  — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2022
• But Everest will always hold a special place in the hearts of extreme climbers and geography fans, which is part of why people were stricken by the news that Everest may have gotten a wee bit shorter following a major earthquake in 2015.
  — National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2020
• After some technical difficulties that caused Biden to be a wee bit late, the two got into a substantive conversation about the current election cycle.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2020

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