Example Sentences

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Miden is a fictional island where “there are no longer any diminutives or pet names,” Raimo writes.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2019

There is no mother’s care for the hatchlings, which will emerge as dark-toned diminutives in about 50 days, facing astronomical odds against survival.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2018

After all, these are people who don’t just refer to Cabinet secretaries and generals by their first names, but by diminutives of their first names.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2015

But again, Harry is part of a more general trend of parents formally registering their offspring with names that used to be regarded as diminutives.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2013

After her defiance of the overseer, they called her Harriet, because the pet names, the diminutives, were no longer fitting for a girl who had displayed such courage.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry