littlest
Britishdeterminer
Example Sentences
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Even my littlest nephews stop playing, alarmed at the news.
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From the outside, it looked like a gingerbread cottage from a storybook, much to the delight of the littlest Swanburne girls.
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“But wait; Freddy has been married less than two years. Even you—yes, you, the littlest one—are older than that, are you not?”
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Charton, a contributor for the Financial Times, has not yet publicly addressed the arrival of their littlest one.
From Los Angeles Times
"It's the littlest things that can trigger you. Even cutting a piece of fruit with a knife or seeing blood can be triggering; just normal, mundane things," she said.
From BBC
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