How to Use dwarf in a Sentence

dwarf

1 of 3 noun

• Shetland ponies are the dwarfs of the horse world.
• In the winter, the dwarf conifers will be the star of the show.
  — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
• That seven dwarves mine ride is the best one in the whole damn park.
  — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• And all these dwarves and elves and humans go, ‘What?
  — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
• The main challenge with dwarf mondo is its price tag.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
• You might be better served by dwarf hollies here.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Mar. 2026
• But the big one, the mortgage payment, dwarfs all.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
• Rangy moose emerge from groves of dwarf trees to threaten trespassers.
  — Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
• Look for taller varieties and avoid dwarfs.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
• Look for a dwarf variety of lime tree to make sure its size stays mangable.
  — Heather Bien, The Spruce, 7 June 2026
• Cougars dwarf bobcats in both size and stature, their tails alone reaching more than three feet.
  — Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
• This dwarf variety grows to only a few feet tall.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
• Red dwarf stars are the smallest and most abundant stars in our galaxy.
  — Fox News, 14 July 2020
• This one has been traced to a small dwarf galaxy over 3 billion light-years away.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Oct. 2021
• Pair with a container of dwarf marigolds to repel pests.
  — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 12 June 2026
• Choose dwarf types that are more suited to smaller spaces.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
• More than ten acres of dwarf variety apple trees.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
• Nyx was likely once a dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 July 2020
• What bothers me is when people say that dwarf planets are not planets.
  — Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2021
• For a smaller holly that deer do not eat, select the dwarf yaupon holly.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Apr. 2021
• Use dwarf sunflowers as border plants or grow them in pots near your garden.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2026
• The dwarf and standard yaupon hollies are also not eaten by deer.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
• Plus Brock and Sindri, the gear upgrade dwarves.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• Many land animals went extinct as well and were replaced by dwarf species.
  — Quanta Magazine, 19 Mar. 2020
• Hardy in Zones 8a-10b, a dwarf olive grows no more than 15 feet tall.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026
• Deep snow has made much of the willows and dwarf birch that moose depend on unavailable.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2022
• Mini dwarfs are small-scale race cars with a maximum speed of 34 mph.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
• The gnats came for the dwarf Meyer lemon tree and the burro’s tail on the balcony.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
• The ditch that’s up to 19 feet deep dwarfs the heavy machinery inside of it.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026
• Among the plants are dwarf palms, white flowers and a variety of shrubs, trees and grasses.
  — Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2021

dwarf

2 of 3 verb

• Frankly, this dwarfs even that.
  — NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
• They're called resin birch or dwarf birch.
  — Outside Online, 17 Dec. 2025
• But the scant signs of progress were dwarfed by other measures.
  — Rachel Siegel, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
• There are both tall and dwarf varieties.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
• Even that number may be dwarfed by the number of claims not yet brought.
  — J.c. Hallman, Oklahoman, 27 Feb. 2026
• Yup, health care benefits can dwarf stipends.
  — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
• But men are falling off at a rate that dwarfs women’s decline.
  — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
• The frigate sale to Australia dwarfs that missile deal.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
• The price dwarfs even some of the largest recent stadium projects.
  — Matt Baker, New York Times, 11 June 2026
• These sums dwarf what candidates can raise themselves.
  — Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
• To call the viral moment in question the elephant in the room is to dwarf it.
  — Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 23 Sep. 2025
• The data center, about 100 feet away, dwarfs his home.
  — David Wade, CBS News, 18 June 2026
• And yet there is a 17-year-old kid, from a hockey desert, who dwarfs Chara.
  — Chris Branch, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
• Now comes word of another danger that could dwarf the others.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
• An eruption of that scale would dwarf blasts like 1991's Pinatubo.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2023
• The turnout then, however, was dwarfed by the numbers over this weekend.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
• Despite their smaller size, dwarf lemon trees can still produce a lemonade stand worth of fruit.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
• Despite their smaller size, dwarf lemon trees can still produce a lemonade stand worth of fruit.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
• But interest rate moves still seem to dwarf most other things on Wall Street.
  — WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
• Four stories is the height limit in this section of town, so as not to dwarf the historic skyline.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
• While none of these vehicles is exactly dainty, this one dwarfs them all.
  — Martin Padgett Jr., Car and Driver, 2 Aug. 2023
• But interest-rate moves still seem to dwarf most other things on Wall Street.
  — WSJ, 13 Oct. 2023
• Plus, any ticket sales will be dwarfed by the lucrative consumer products line.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Oct. 2023
• But humans dwarf the competence of a dolphin or a chimpanzee.
  — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
• The intensity of the war in Ukraine dwarfs those numbers.
  — David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
• Ditto for investment, flows of which dwarf the movement of tradable goods.
  — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
• Nearly a dozen kids have come into the world, and with them mountains of child support that dwarf his earnings.
  — Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023
• Anything with the words patio, pixie, tiny, compact, baby, or dwarf in the name is a good bet.
  — Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 3 Mar. 2026
• The high percentages dwarf the numbers in the first two months of 2026.
  — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 29 Apr. 2026
• Donning gold hoops and a pink tracksuit, Young dwarfed her five-piece backing band in presence.
  — Ramon Ramirez, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026

dwarf

3 of 3 adjective

• The pears are mature semi-dwarf trees, a Bosc and a Bartlett.
  — oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2020
• And there are reasons to think planets so close to a dwarf star might lack atmospheres.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2023
• In the world of reptiles, the dwarf gecko is both the smallest lizard and the smallest reptile.
  — Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
• Some are dwarf, growing only to 3 to 5 feet tall, so they would always be used as shrubs.
  — ExpressNews.com, 6 Aug. 2020
• These semi-dwarf shrubs have a nice, rounded form that maxes out at 4 or 5 feet wide and tall.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
• Last year my semi-dwarf Braeburn had scant blossoms only along the very top.
  — oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2022
• Some types become small trees; others are dwarf varieties that remain three to four feet tall and wide.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 21 July 2023
• Look for orange trees that are compact in size, such as these dwarf and semi-dwarf varieties.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
• Look for orange trees that are compact in size, such as these dwarf and semi-dwarf varieties.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
• Adams invests about 3,000 hours of labor in building each dwarf car.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2021
• Baby bok choy can be either a dwarf variety or a small, immature plant.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2021
• Any apple variety can be a dwarf if the tree is grafted to a dwarf-sized rootstock, Mohn says.
  — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• Look for dwarf varieties that are non-invasive and won’t overtake your garden.
  — Arricca Sansone, Country Living, 24 June 2022
• Eggplant plants can get large; look for dwarf varieties when growing in containers.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 18 July 2022
• Many dwarf performers quietly chafe at this obsession with their figures.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• There are standard varieties which can grow up to 10 feet tall or dwarf varieties that reach no taller than 2-3 feet tall.
  — Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2021
• Examples include the pygmy elephants of Malta, the dwarf Burmese python and even some species of dinosaur.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2020
• The Egyptian pantheon of gods included several dwarf deities.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
• Semi-dwarf varieties grow to between 3 and 8 feet tall, while giant sunflowers grow at least 8 feet tall.
  — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 May 2026
• His great innovation was to go shorter, developing what was known as semi-dwarf wheat whose stems would not bend under the weight of larger grains.
  — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
• The dwarf spinner dolphin, which had glowing teeth, was the only species that didn’t exhibit fluorescence on the outside of its body.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• In this hands-on workshop, participants will graft and take home a semi-dwarf producing apple tree, suitable for the coastal climate.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
• Beginning around six billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy named Sagittarius sideswiped the Milky Way and swung around it.
  — Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
• Scientists think nearly all galaxies began as dwarf or other types of small galaxies and grew over billions of years through mergers.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 23 Feb. 2023
• Before 2003, the Omura's whale was thought to be simply a dwarf version of another type of whale.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2015
• Sunbelt was already planning to replace the bentgrass greens with ultra-dwarf bermudagrass in 2024.
  — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 13 Sep. 2022
• The specific planet observed in this case is Trappist-1b, which orbits closest in to the dwarf star Trappist-1.
  — Eric MacK, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• This semi-dwarf agapanthus sparkles with clusters of violet-blue flowers atop sturdy stems that make excellent cuttings.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
• The findings also give researchers the chance to study how dwarf galaxies form to be dimmer and wispier than previously thought possible.
  — Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2018
• Domesticated, dwarf varieties of olive trees can grow up to six-feet tall and need exposure to direct sunlight to survive indoors.
  — Tamara Gane, Southern Living, 7 May 2021