Examples of small-time in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
New York City Police arrested him in 2025 for petit larceny, a misdemeanor for small-time theft.
—
Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 13 June 2025
But these are small-time measures compared with getting us off the rare earth addiction, something so strategically important.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 9 June 2025
For back-to-back nights, more than 45,000 fans packed the Big A to see the Savannah Bananas — a team born from a small-time collegiate summer team that became a tour de force that has forever changed baseball.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Landing a spot on today’s top podcasts or YouTube shows is as competitive as booking late-night TV during its peak, and charting a course across too many second-tier stops (random TikTok personalities, niche podcasts, etc.) runs the risk of making the talent seem a little small-time.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for small-time
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 13 June 2025
But these are small-time measures compared with getting us off the rare earth addiction, something so strategically important.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 9 June 2025
For back-to-back nights, more than 45,000 fans packed the Big A to see the Savannah Bananas — a team born from a small-time collegiate summer team that became a tour de force that has forever changed baseball.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Landing a spot on today’s top podcasts or YouTube shows is as competitive as booking late-night TV during its peak, and charting a course across too many second-tier stops (random TikTok personalities, niche podcasts, etc.) runs the risk of making the talent seem a little small-time.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for small-time
Cite this Entry
“Small-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small-time. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share