Explore Little through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like small or tiny. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Little in a sentence
Related words
Little meaning
- Small in size.
- Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
Synonyms of Little
Little vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Little
- The main meaning on this page is: Small in size. | Small in size. | Small and underdeveloped, particularly (of a male) in the genitals.
- Useful related words include: small, lilliputian, minuscule, teeny.
- Possible Dutch translations are: klein.
- In the example corpus, little often appears in combinations such as: little bit, and little, little more.
Example sentences (20)
They work little, and that little, badly; they earn little, they sell little; they buy little, and they have little – very little – of the common comforts and consolations of civilized life.
Little boys are seen as little kids, but little girls are little girls.
It is a little sad, a little scary, a little surprising and a little informative, just like life itself.
I like to use a spoon to pile the ice cream into little snowmen, in my absence of mind, scooping it carefully, licking the white sweetness with my tongue little by little; eager to warm it, only to melt it with my warmth.
I love being called a theydy becauseYiddish culture has taught me the value of being a little strange, a little out of place and more than a little queer.
I would say they are a little less extreme might not be the right word, but a little smaller in scope and a little more selective than they were last year.
Larsson has teased the album, sharing that it’s “a little harder”: “The drums are a little harder, the vocals are vocalling a little bit more.
She added: "I just wanted to give them a little bit of peace, a little bit of rest at this awful time, even if they are not struggling financially, I know that any help will just take a little bit of pressure off.
So you often get a little bit of a disconnect, sometimes the next quarter's a little bit higher than the backlog, sometimes it's a little bit lower.
Feeling a little low on energy, a little less perky and a little more moody?
I watched him wash away little by little every day and a little of me would wash away with him.
Sinfield said: “This was only ever put together because we were doing a little run for our little mate and were trying to raise a little bit of money four years ago.
Sometimes you can have a little flap of the meniscus or one of the little stitches could be irritating and that may need a little cleanup.
A little wine, a little cracker, a little Bible…what else could there be worth knowing?
And then the next day you start seeing patients coming in a little sicker, a little more short of breath, their oxygen levels a little lower.
But I do think it is important to keep creativity and the beauty and passion of it all alive because maybe people need a little distraction, a little crazy, a little bit of beauty in these times.
Little Rock is perhaps best known nationally for its role in the Civil Rights Era, with the Little Rock 9 bravely integrating Little Rock High.
My teen might have checked out a couple times (“It’s a little baby-ish, sometimes” she tells me), but it got our little family to forget about the world for 100 minutes, hum a few fun tunes, and relax a little.
They want something that’s a little bit different, a little bit weird perhaps, a little bit non-traditional; they know that that’s what the festival is about,” said Flint.
Because the form is going a little, because he is a little tired, because he has a little knock and is not fully fit.
Common combinations with little
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- little bit 84×
- and little 24×
- little more 21×
- the little 15×
- with little 14×
- is little 13×
- little by 13×
- by little 13×
- little rock 13×
- was little 12×