teeny-weeny
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of teeny-weeny
Example Sentences
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“A terabyte is, for most people, gigantic, yet a fragment of a human brain – just a miniscule, teeny-weeny little bit of human brain – is still thousands of terabytes.”
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024
What does it mean that we have so enthusiastically allowed ourselves to be manipulated by an aesthetic that prioritizes the infantile, the teeny-weeny, the doe-eyed?
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
“It is a teeny-weeny budget for what needs to be done,” Birnbaum said.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 13, 2021
We have been isolated since last March, except for some time over the summer when we got to spend time with my daughter and her teeny-weeny little bubble.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2021
The idea that had started as a teeny-weeny seed in a suitcase was now a mighty maple.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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