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Examples of teeny in a Sentence
I'll just have a teeny piece of cake.
I'm a teeny bit upset.
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The latter performance won a Silver Bear for Best Acting in a Leading Role at the Berlin Film Festival, so Stan could have the teeniest leg up in that respect.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
But now they are also being encouraged to gaze down at the painstaking details of the dolls’ house, with some of its teeniest artifacts placed in low cases to benefit close inspection.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
As if the waves-to-curls, long-to-short change-up wasn't enough, there was yet another transformation in store: a extra long, pin-straight blonde style with just the teeniest, softest hint of pink.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 16 Oct. 2023
Who could forget Katie Holmes’s arrival on the Croisette in the world’s teeniest, tiniest kitten heel?
—Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 21 June 2023
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Word History
Etymology
by alteration
First Known Use
1802, in the meaning defined above
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“Teeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teeny. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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