How to Use a wee bit in a Sentence
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There’s also a wee bit of goofiness.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
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All of this is, of course, just a wee bit of an exaggeration.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2021
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Jumping from that to harboring aliens and their flying saucers is a wee bit of jump of logic.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2010
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That turns out to be a wee bit more complicated—and deserves its own article.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2023
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This time around, Gay is a little older and perhaps just a wee bit more cynical.
—Karen Campbell, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2023
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Though the study does not come right out and say it, knights in shining armor may have looked a wee bit goofy mounted on their less-than-mighty steeds.
—Joe Queenan, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022
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This superb value is packed with aromas and flavors of white peaches, Bosc pears and a wee bit of clove.
—Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2022
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If anything, the galaxies are a wee bit farther away, making the case for little or no dark matter even stronger.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2021
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Unlike Vegas with its cast of reprobates and wackos, this joint is classy and clean and just a wee bit indulgent.
—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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That's after all three major averages closed a wee bit higher on Tuesday.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2021
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At this point, the sexcapades of Fifty Shades Of Grey are starting to feel a wee bit tired.
—Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 18 Sep. 2020
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Plus, teenagers tend to be just a wee bit changeable, defying a traditional narrative arc.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2023
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Belmond is adding a wee bit more opulence to the Royal Scotsman sleeper train.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2023
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As Fortune’s Jeremy Kahn writes, the models were just a wee bit aggressive.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
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Royal’s ají is assembled with cilantro, vinegar, scallions, tomatoes and a wee bit of chili to electrify every bite.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
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And then Thor's smiling face appears, making Quill a wee bit uncomfortable.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2022
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Usually the second weekend of the holiday week can be a wee bit less busy, and most resorts will be able to guide you ahead of time to days or times that may be better.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
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Some reactions will be reasonable, but naturally there will also be some that are just a wee bit hyperbolic.
—Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2022
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Sadly, his gem of a performance hints at how the film could have benefitted from Anderson dialing it back just a wee bit from time to time.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
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Everyone is just looking a wee bit too polished, which is nonsense for a woman who much preferred sitting on a hot beach to leaping around the rainy countryside on a horse.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Nov. 2022
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Granted, the premise is a wee bit strained, but Miller's deft comic touches, witty dialogue, clever plotting, and the all-star cast more than compensate.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023
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But for five-star travelers eager to experience a wee bit of the country’s magic a bevy of new and newly restored luxury hotels have opened their doors in the past year.
—Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
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Things might look a wee bit different when your rugrat visits Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood this August.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 June 2024
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While the clip displays live telemetry data, two GPS units were used to precisely record the car's speed, which is just a wee bit below what appears on screen.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
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Ticking off the Traction Control also allowed my inner hooligan to loft the front wheel a wee bit in first and second gear as the Kawasaki quickly built revs.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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This year’s backyard BBQ might be a wee bit less festive and a lot more intimate than years past due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the music doesn’t have to be.
—Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 3 July 2020
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Whereas Sue Ann knew everything there was to know about getting a man into bed, Rose got to the same place innocently, and by being just a wee bit off center.
—New York Times, 31 Dec. 2021
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Ahead of the inaugural awards ceremony, the Duke of Cambridge has been speaking out on climate, with remarks that, by royal standards, have been a wee bit sharp.
—Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2021
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The little silver circles, Boyce tells Allure, took about an hour to apply — a wee bit longer than your typical nail salon session, but obviously so very worth it.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 20 Nov. 2023
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Many scenes in Belfast come straight from Branagh’s memoir, though there is a wee bit of creative license, particularly in the western-aping showdown that forms the film’s climax.
—Vulture, 22 Mar. 2022
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