How to Use little more than in a Sentence

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• In the long run, this will be little more than a blip.
  — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
• Her children had eaten little more than a hot dog a day for three days.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
• But this film is little more than a 90-minute campaign ad.
  — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
• Some islands were little more than rocky outcrops topped with trees.
  — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
• In time, little more than that image will remain.
  — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
• In the past, claims data offered little more than cost.
  — Susan Caminiti, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
• Yet whispers of a big shake-up have proved to be little more than … whispers.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
• But the game was in the fourth inning and still only a little more than an hour old.
  — Chelsea Janes, Scott Allen and Ben Strauss, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
• Families work for little more than a few bucks per bucket of açaí.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• The tornado track seen in the image is a little more than eight miles long.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
• Homer listens to Blake sing for a little more than two minutes.
  — Michael Kosser, Variety, 12 May 2023
• The current station did its job, but is little more than a wooden deck.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2024
• If this fails, the asteroid will be little more than a blur as Lucy zips by.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2023
• Hiking requires little more than good shoes, a solid plan and time.
  — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
• Most days, her clothes serve as little more than a reminder of her restrictions.
  — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
• Williams, 36, had argued for a sentence of a little more than four years.
  — Bob Van Voris, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
• At first, the video feed showed little more than brown mud pockmarked by burrowing worms and snails.
  — Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
• Some redactions are little more than a word in length; others appear as large black blocks on the page.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
• Thousands had set up makeshift homes made of little more than cloth, asbestos, and plastic sheets.
  — Saumya Roy, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026
• Many profiles contain little more than a job title.
  — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• Today, four-team trades are little more than whiteboard fodder.
  — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 23 July 2026
• With good behavior, he is expected to serve a little more than half that time.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2023
• One team had stars and most of the victories; the other had little more than wishes.
  — Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2025
• For the rest of the season, there were many discussions but little more than detente.
  — Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
• The stand was little more than a brick pit layered with smoldering charcoal.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
• Startups with little more than a pitch deck are raising hundreds of millions.
  — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
• Often what passes for tea at shops or restaurants is little more than a cup of hot water and a tea bag.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
• For decades, Charles Burnett’s best film was little more than a rumor.
  — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
• Without a guide giving it context, the island would look like little more than a wild coastal ghost town.
  — Hillary Richards, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
• We had been hidden little more than an hour when a flock of turkeys streamed above the ledge and single-filed up the canyon.
  — Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 12 June 2025