How to Use small in a Sentence

small

1 of 2 adjective

• They live in a small house.
• The movie was a small success.
• The toy is small enough to fit in my pocket.
• She moved to a smaller town.
• There are still a few small details we have to deal with.
• This room is a little smaller than that one.
• The change had only a small impact on the community.
• It's only a small mistake.
• Whisk the yolks in a small bowl.
  — Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
• Snag it in sizes small through 4x.
  — Ali Faccenda, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
• There was a small toy lawn mower.
  — Bracey Harris, NBC news, 28 June 2026
• That is no small feat this season.
  — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
• How can something so small be so painful?
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
• Those small moments are not small.
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
• That's not to say your story stays small.
  — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2025
• Gently scoop out yolks and place in a small bowl.
  — Maddy Bendgen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
• There is also a small gym, sauna and steam room.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
• Nymphs are small and translucent.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2026
• Texas is a big place that can feel so small sometimes.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
• Most of her bits landed, and that is no small task.
  — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
• The space may be small, but the lighting can be grand.
  — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 17 Feb. 2026
• Check in briefly, and keep promises small for now please.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
• Both chicks are small, fluffy and hang out with their parents.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 27 July 2019
• Stroud knows that even if the window is small, the throw will be there.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2021
• Thus the left wheel of the train was smaller than the right wheel of the train.
  — Svenja Lohner, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2019
• That is a small sentence with a long shadow.
  — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
• The sleeping nook is a small but darling space.
  — Aditi Sharma, Architectural Digest, 13 June 2026
• Barnard’s star is also a very small and dim type of star known as a red dwarf.
  — Loren Grush, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2018
• Heat oil in a small skillet over medium-high.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
• Why so much fuss over such a small and unassuming fish?
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2026

small

2 of 2 noun

• These shirts are all smalls.
• Hold it against the small of your back.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
• Hold it against the small of your back.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 20 Dec. 2025
• Plus sizes and curvy fits sat alongside smalls and slim fits.
  — Khadeeja Safdar, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2018
• Then place the right hand along the small of your back and open up the right shoulder even more.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 22 Dec. 2020
• His hand went to the small of my back, tracing the space just above my tailbone.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2022
• First, try switching from a large coffee to a medium, then to a small.
  — Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 2 July 2026
• In fact, even the big guys are jumping on the small-is-mighty bandwagon.
  — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2022
• Bring the other hand to the small of your back with your palm up, or to the back of your neck with the palm down.
  — Amanda Loudin, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2019
• If not, just be prepared to take the smalls out a minute or two before the bigs to avoid overcooking.
  — Dawn Perry, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
• Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart, core engaged, and your hands placed one on top the other at the small of your back.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 21 Feb. 2022
• One thing that works to discourage ants is to hang a small can between the hook on the eaves and the feeder.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2022
• The revolver was designed to be easily concealed on the small of his back.
  — Les Payne, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2020
• Keep the left palm pressing into the earth or deepen the twist by taking the left hand to the small of your back.
  — Kelly Dinardo New York Times, Star Tribune, 23 Oct. 2020
• Now, brush aside your overcoat and tuck the object snugly into the waist of your pants at the small of your back.
  — Michael Finkel, Time, 14 June 2023
• For a team that has always played with four smalls, going to a lineup with two real bigs feels like a sea change.
  — John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
• Brown has placed both Robinson and Towns on smalls in other contexts.
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
• The baby’s head was creating intense pressure in the small of her back.
  — New York Times, 3 May 2022
• Cary pressed on, his fanny pack and its contents jabbing the small of his back, but encountered more signs.
  — Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
• Which of the three groups (normals, smalls, Epi2s) will be most successful?
  — Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2017
• Place the towel on the floor and lie back on it so the towel roll is at the small of your back, about in line with your belly button.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 24 June 2026
• Jenner went without any accessories except a small over the shoulder black bag.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 9 Oct. 2022
• Later, a female worker came up behind her and put her hand on the small of Barraza’s back and asked her a question.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2022
• Is Keanu intentionally not touching women's waists and the smalls of their backs?
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 June 2019
• Models barely wore makeup, if any at all, and hair was left imperfect and tousled; some were given waves down to the smalls of their backs.
  — Kevin Leblanc, ELLE, 14 Feb. 2023
• The victim told police one man placed what felt like a gun in the small of his back while the second offender took the wallet from his back pocket.
  — chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2021
• So, 60 famine years are needed for smalls to make up 90 percent of the population.
  — Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2017
• At one point, the pair leaned in close for a kiss, with Kinnaman wrapping an arm around his fiancée and placing it on the small of her back.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• The vest falls right at the waist, and the detachable five-layer foam seat flips up and securely out of the way at the small of the back for a no-bulk design.
  — Justin Park, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023
• In the away end, on this putrid, sopping evening in N17, the bigger picture is steamrolled by the small.
  — George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026