no little

idiom

: a lot
There was no little sadness in his voice.

Examples of no little in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There’s no little aluminum tab to pull off at the top, no plastic cup or internal filter to dispose of afterward. Jaina Grey, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024 This led to no little amount of self-consciousness and embarrassment during the 30 minutes of what was supposed to be mind-emptying peaceful, meditative mulling. Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024 There is a noticeable absence of small trees—big, old cottonwoods can be seen, some of them fallen, but no little ones growing up to replace them. Jordan Fisher Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 Ajax had enjoyed no little success in attracting players from Brazil (albeit not a market anyone could describe as overlooked) and Mexico in recent years. Rory Smith, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023 Changing global appetite Of no little importance is the growing audience for Bollywood productions in Australia. Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023 There is no little irony in recognizing that the rapidity with which this took place—a brief 120 years from the arrival of Captain James Cook in 1778 to the annexation of the kingdom in 1898—is ample testimony to the generosity of spirit, patience, endurance, and adaptability of the Hawaiians. Time, 17 Aug. 2023 With a full bounce house in the middle and two ladders and slides, no little prince or princess will have to wait in line. Angel Madison, Women's Health, 30 June 2023 With more than 20 million passengers riding the rails of India every day, many of them migrant workers, a politician cannot go wrong by showering money on the system, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done just that, with no little fanfare. Alex Travelli, New York Times, 4 June 2023

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“No little.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20little. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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