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A little in a sentence

Sentence examples for a little. Learn how established writers used the word in their sentences. Learn how to imitate them to express your idea.

A little marsala?

It made him a little sick.

He looks a little worried.

He was lighting up a little.

He talked about it a little.

We’ll know in a little while.

Schön. A little too much sun.

I was a little tired of skiing.

To stay a little while is nice.

He gets a little wild sometimes.

Nick splashed in a little water.

He’ll sing now in a little while.

He skipped the rope a little while.

You move a little to the left, Max.

He was a little man with a mustache.

“I’m a little drunk now,” Nick said.

Stand a little further along the bar.

I’ll just lie here for a little while.

Yes, his head was going down a little.

It was a little long for nocturnal use.

Jim stirred and curled a little tighter.

I’m afraid I hit him just a little hard.

Jack’s head moved a little on the pillow.

She lifted his head a little and shook it.

Fuentes walked a little closer to the bull.

Jack just dug a little deeper in the pillow.

Jack just moved around a little to loosen up.

And you will stay here now for a little while?

Jim was sleeping with his mouth a little open.

The three Roman soldiers are a little cockeyed.

Then a little later, “Well,” he says, “they’re right.”

Jack was standing just a little way out from the ropes.

His eyes were shining and his hair was a little rumpled.

A little man sat behind a desk at the far side of the room.

“I’m going to take a little sleep,” he said to the adjutant.

He had lived a very long time with death and was a little detached.

In the next machine was a major who had a little hand like a baby’s.

William Campbell’s interview with Mr. Turner had been a little strange.

Marjorie rowed up the point a little way so she would not disturb the line.

“You take the bull and give him a little run when he comes out,” Manuel said.

I drink a little now once in a while, just to drive the wolf out of the room.

A little to drink, some marsala for the Signora, something, something to drink.”

There was a little froth on the beer in the bottles, not much because it was very cold.

It was a four gallon jug and there was quite a little slopped back and forth in the bottom.

After that their manner changed a little toward me, although I was their friend against outsiders.

Lousy pics! He looked across the sand at Zurito a little way out from the barrera, his horse rigid, waiting.

After a little while Jack gets up and says, “You buy the meal, John,” and we went downstairs and ate in the big dining-room.

We were all a little detached, and there was nothing that held us together except that we met every afternoon at the hospital.

The American lady was a little deaf and she was afraid that perhaps signals of departure were given and that she did not hear them.

The doctor went to his office in a back room and brought a photograph which showed a hand that had been withered almost as small as the major’s, before it had taken a machine course, and after was a little larger.

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