small wonder
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And small wonder that he wanted to write a memoir stripped of the form’s obvious scaffolding and joints: no declarations of trauma, little effort to make his life exemplify something bigger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
It’s small wonder fiction’s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, faced the savage Hound of the Baskervilles amid the nocturnal mists of a mire.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 16, 2024
It's small wonder Seutonius was eventually banished from Rome.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2022
"With his warm generosity, and his skill and sportsmanship behind the wheel, small wonder that he was one of the best-known and best-loved people in historic motor sport," they said.
From BBC ● May 18, 2022
It was small wonder he could not sit a saddle,- he looked as if he outweighed most horses.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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