small-bore

Definitions

Examples

• Something like fluoride, which is too small for normal filters, yanks away that feeling of agency.

• And yes, someone has already called Spencer a “Small Fry,” har har.

• It was seen by a small delegation of star-struck prelates and dignitaries who later described the film as “moving.”

• The judges who handle arraignments at criminal court in all five boroughs have a small fraction of their usual caseloads.

• Inside the guild, men in caps and long gowns sit in twos, weaving together in small rooms.

• The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.

• Suddenly, however, he became aware of a small black spot far ahead in the very middle of the unencumbered track.

• So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.

• He is perplexed and hindered by the lack of soldiers, but is doing his best with his small forces.

• A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.