little more than

phrase

: not much more than (something) : only slightly more than (something)

They ate little more than ice cream and hot dogs all day.

Examples of little more than in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And yet, to a large degree, Mendoza and Ciscomani are mere stand-ins, their candidacies serving as little more than proxies for the president and his opposition. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Compliance can amount to little more than proof that boxes were checked, even when the experience itself can feel exclusionary. — Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

The question now is to what degree Charles will use his office to encourage a consequential reckoning or, in the eyes of many of his Caribbean subjects, to continue to offer little more than superficial acknowledgment of historical suffering. — Brooke N. Newman, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026

Still, it can be done, even if the result is a tenuous alliance that survives little more than a year or so in office. — Henrik Pettersson, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for little more than

• artilleryman
• afghan
• bedpan
• began
• caveman
• chapin
• cyan
• deadpan
• dextran
• divan
• doorman
• fishman