Little Men
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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By the time he reached the park entrance, his lungs felt like there were little men inside scrubbing them with sandpaper.
From Literature
Samuel Johnson once attempted to dismiss that satirical classic by saying, “when once you have thought of big men and little men, it is very easy to do all the rest.”
Mr. Jensen all too often neglects his big man, but he writes with admirable acuity of the little men and women affected by it.
Women are not just little men.
From BBC
Big words from little men who act like they’re living some “Apocalypse Now” fantasy.
From Los Angeles Times
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