teeny-weeny
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of teeny-weeny
Example Sentences
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“A terabyte is, for most people, gigantic, yet a fragment of a human brain – just a miniscule, teeny-weeny little bit of human brain – is still thousands of terabytes.”
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024
What does it mean that we have so enthusiastically allowed ourselves to be manipulated by an aesthetic that prioritizes the infantile, the teeny-weeny, the doe-eyed?
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
“It is a teeny-weeny budget for what needs to be done,” Birnbaum said.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 13, 2021
We have been isolated since last March, except for some time over the summer when we got to spend time with my daughter and her teeny-weeny little bubble.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2021
What came out was a teeny-weeny, old, old, old woman that looked just like Momma would if someone shrank her down about five sizes and sucked all the juice out of her!
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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