smallness

How To Use smallness In A Sentence

• The organist was a slightish man, white-haired, who seemed to hover in the alcove, his back to the audience, wizardly in his very smallness, and he hit the thunder pedal just as a figure on the screen drew back cowering from some danger above, and laughter swept the auditorium. Underworld
• But the smallness of the exception made the mystery.
• A modernist vacation cottage in the woods of Argentina uses an overlarge door to resist the sense of smallness and to add a feeling of luxury. Living Within Less
• But the dictionary suggests that the modern use of “shrimp” for a small person is related more to the smallness of shrimp than to the ancient etymology of shrimpiness. The Grammarphobia Blog » Blog Archive » Why are short people called shrimps?
• It considers humanity and humility, our preposterous smallness in a vast world, the idea of interconnection, the possibility of love, the breath of creation, the spiritual value of journey. Austin360 - XL Headlines
• This was the most she could pull off—the smallness of the crime, the minuteness of the act itself—and yet, so fearsome the punishment.
• The smallness of her universe melted away and she saw herself traveling — through exotic lands she so longed to see, to the coasts of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic seas, to the vast deserts of the African continent, where the lions sprawled among the trees, and elephants tromped the veldt. Second Chance
• I would not commend the smallness of your cell phone by saying "It's so large!"
• he was attracted by the smallness of the taxes
• Considering the smallness of the car, it is relatively roomy inside.