Below you will find example sentences with "too little". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Too Little in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: too
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 15
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.9 words

Words in this phrase

too little

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • too can mean: Likewise. Common word
  • little can mean: Small in size. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

it was too little too late 2× a hormone too little or too 1× aid or too little aid to 1× been billed too little or too 1× being paid too little too much 1× carbon or too little nitrogen 1× hours is too little sleep at 1× it is too little too late 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a union representing 1× about a third 1× as good as 1× at the same 1× bangor tried fouling 1× both too much 1×

Common sentence endings:

little too late 2× and make improvements 1× far too late 1× in older adults 1× need or use 1× new payroll system 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

late 8× may 3× hormone 3× bacteria 3× good 3× say 3× aid 3× action 2× problems 2× now 2× 2019 2× class 2×

Related phrases

little bit far too too big little rock too long little girl too early too expensive little too too far

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around too:

too big 14× too long 12× too late 9×

Just before it in the phrase index:

too late too intense too far too expensive too early too complicated

Just after it in the phrase index:

too long too narrow too old too pic too seriously too slow

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

too big too long too early too expensive too far too late

Same ending:

tiny little

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "too little" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as it was too little too late, a hormone too little or too, late, may and hormone stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with little bit, far too, too big, too big, too long and too late, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with too little

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

How little is too little? (5 words)

Sounds are too loud, light is too bright, nine hours is too little sleep at night. (16 words)

Eight glasses of water daily may be too little or too much for your unique situation. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Kaja Kallas and the Reform Party could be summed up in one simple sentence through the recent controversy, in Estonian referred to as "the eastern transport scandal," namely the sentence "too little, too late," ERR's head of portals Urmet Kook notes. (42 words)

A union representing more than 5,000 Telus technicians and clerical staff across Canada says workers are being paid too little, too much, too late or not at all ever since the telecom giant implemented a new payroll system. (39 words)

Now, it might be too little too late for the 2019 class, but it might be a little sign of Kelly’s willingness to recognize the mistakes in the approach to the 2019 cycle and make improvements. (37 words)

Question examples

How little is too little? (5 words)

Example sentences (20)

These diseases may relate to too little or too much secretion of a hormone, too little or too much action of a hormone, or problems with receiving the hormone.

Now, it might be too little too late for the 2019 class, but it might be a little sign of Kelly’s willingness to recognize the mistakes in the approach to the 2019 cycle and make improvements.

A union representing more than 5,000 Telus technicians and clerical staff across Canada says workers are being paid too little, too much, too late or not at all ever since the telecom giant implemented a new payroll system.

And they’re probably coming down too late, too little and too slowly for a lot of smaller companies and the investment funds that chucked money at them over the past few years.

Sounds are too loud, light is too bright, nine hours is too little sleep at night.

Too much or too little bacteria or too much of the bad bacteria versus good bacteria can lead to health problems," Paule added.

But the levels of stress we see in kids and their parents today has to do with overload … too much homework, too many activities, too little time.

At the same time, too much air or water also slows the process, as does too much carbon (or too little nitrogen).

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How little is too little?

About a third of US adults say spending on the military is too little and nearly as many say it’s too much; an additional third say it’s about right.

As good as Gakpo is now (and as world-class as he may eventually become), it’s far too little, far too late.

Bangor tried fouling Brewer to take control of the ball, but with only one team foul at that point, it was too little, too late.

Both too much or too little high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol — the “good” kind — could create a small increased risk for dementia in older adults.

But it was too little, too late for Leicester who face an anxious wait to see where they will sit in the table before they are in action again in a week’s time against Liverpool.

Eight glasses of water daily may be too little or too much for your unique situation.

For most respondents, this was almost certainly not a question of whether Biden is sending too much aid or too little aid to Israel or whether we should be more or less directly involved on the ground.

In the past, some residents have been billed too little or too much, and some have not received bills for long periods of time.

Kaja Kallas and the Reform Party could be summed up in one simple sentence through the recent controversy, in Estonian referred to as "the eastern transport scandal," namely the sentence "too little, too late," ERR's head of portals Urmet Kook notes.

More aid has made it into Syria, but not much and it is too little, too late.

Peston added, “We’re doing a show called because too many people have too little and a few people have way more than they could ever possibly need or use.

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