little woman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war,” Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
“You know, I’m not sitting here, some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette,” she said defiantly, an Arkansas twang in her voice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2018
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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