little woman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She loved breaking taboos, especially the idea of the little woman at home, cooking, without much more to their lives, she recalls.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023
“I’m not sitting here, some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette,” she said to the interviewer.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022
This way, each little woman may be introduced properly and given adequate time for her own plots before the inevitable big team-up against The Civil War and Its Privations.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022
“The image to the public entering the courtroom was eight men, of a certain size, and then this little woman sitting to the side. That was not a good image for the public to see.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2020
She might be a short little woman with a soft manner, but she held a lot of power and authority behind that sweetly smiling face.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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