1
: tiny imaginary beings (such as fairies, elves, and leprechauns) of folklore
2
: children
3
: common people
Examples of little people in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Dominic Green, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Their films are often about little people in a big world.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023
High crime and racial fear mongering is the price the little people must pay to keep the bloated government salaries and pensions going to the right people.
—Scott Centorino, National Review, 6 Dec. 2023
The activist in me just could not believe how little people knew and how little people cared.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
As Novick captured in his video, little people, or dwarfs, can be subject to offensive and rude treatment daily.
—Rachel Swalin, Health, 20 Sep. 2023
Photograph: Amazon The Echo Pop is already the colorful little sibling of the Echo devices, and now the Echo Pop Kids is for the actual little people in your household.
—WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
With more sports moving to streaming windows, big games are becoming an increasingly good opportunity to lure the sizable business that media honchos hope will follow little people.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
This action will help you to stop focusing inward on your anxiety and to notice how other little people are paying attention to you.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 23 Aug. 2023
Plural noun
At a time when the little people are broke and resentful, his personal wealth and the wealth and influence of his wife’s family are electoral handicaps.
—Dominic Green, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Their films are often about little people in a big world.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2023
High crime and racial fear mongering is the price the little people must pay to keep the bloated government salaries and pensions going to the right people.
—Scott Centorino, National Review, 6 Dec. 2023
The activist in me just could not believe how little people knew and how little people cared.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
As Novick captured in his video, little people, or dwarfs, can be subject to offensive and rude treatment daily.
—Rachel Swalin, Health, 20 Sep. 2023
Photograph: Amazon The Echo Pop is already the colorful little sibling of the Echo devices, and now the Echo Pop Kids is for the actual little people in your household.
—WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
With more sports moving to streaming windows, big games are becoming an increasingly good opportunity to lure the sizable business that media honchos hope will follow little people.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2023
This action will help you to stop focusing inward on your anxiety and to notice how other little people are paying attention to you.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 23 Aug. 2023
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“Little people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20people. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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