How to Use tiny in a Sentence

tiny

adjective
  • Aren't you even a tiny bit scared?
  • The computer chips were tiny.
  • He's from a tiny town that you've probably never heard of.
  • There's just one tiny little problem.
  • The first day, the footage caught only a single tiny shrimp.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • From the tiny to the gigantic Dinosaurs came in a range of sizes.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2024
  • Those tiny, pint-sized halflings didn't exist at the time of the Second Age.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • From the right comes the snort of hippos, whose tiny eyes glint yellow in the beam of our flashlights.
    Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Taco Luchador launched there in 2014 as a tiny taco joint with six tables.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2024
  • And now there is the treat, not that tiny or little, of Risbridger’s book.
    Jennifer Reese, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The ideal sick-day soup, with a cozy broth and tiny pasta.
    Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The cuneiform script is tiny, and crammed tightly to all four edges of the tablet.
    Robert MacFarlane, The New York Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Add flour and salt, and pulse until butter pieces are the size of tiny peas.
    WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • For those not used to counting, this is a very tiny amount of calories.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Werewolf by Night is a tiny bit scary, but not too scary.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The tiny asteroid will orbit the Earth from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Daffodils and tiny white flowers bobbed in the breeze, and swans nested along the shore.
    Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2022
  • What to Know About Ticks Ticks are tiny, wingless bugs with eight legs.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2024
  • What makes that tiny bit of old rum so special is, frankly, that there’s not much of it left.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 July 2022
  • When folks hit the cold plunge, however, the chatter turned to gasps and tiny screams.
    Kathleen St. John, The Denver Post, 12 June 2024
  • Cook until tiny bubbles appear around the edge of the pan and wisps of steam come off the surface of the milk.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Each day that passed, tiny bit by tiny bit, his speech worsened.
    The Indianapolis Star, 9 Jan. 2024
  • This showed the surprised owner just how tiny her dog is.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Springfield page is a tiny outpost in a vast online world, so that might have been the end of it.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2024
  • In the dead of winter, a tiny chihuahua darts out of a suburban home.
    Julia Daye, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Make a teeny-tiny stack of pancakes, then serve them up to your elf.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Some are in tents, most in tiny homes of one kind or another.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
  • The dining room glows green from the recesses of the banquettes against the walls, red from the tiny bar near the entrance.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
  • As soon as the tiny fruits form, cover them with drawstring mesh bags.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
  • These were story worlds to add to the significance of being grounded, to know the tiny but integral scale of your belonging in a timeless culture of country, while staring into the abyss of the world.
    Alexis Wright, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

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