Sample Sentences for
diminutive
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    I was then sure that you reflected upon the diminutive figure of Chantilly.  (source)
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    Mademoiselle Reisz, being exceedingly diminutive, was elevated upon cushions, as small children are sometimes hoisted at table upon bulky volumes.  (source)
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    fat cooks, and diminutive apprentices  (source)
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    The diminutive Cilka stands beside Schwarzhuber.†  (source)
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    And even technological progress only happens when its products can in some way be used for the diminution of human liberty.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    It was as though the pet names, the diminutives, were no longer suitable for a teen-aged girl who bore on her forehead a great scar, irradicable evidence of the kind of courage rarely displayed by a grownup.†  (source)
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    It presented its side and gable to the public road; hence its apparent diminutiveness.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    This a good deal soured the captain's temper, as did all the other daily instances of Mr Allworthy's generosity; for he looked on all such largesses to be diminutions of his own wealth.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    She imagines a diminutive pianist, dressed in a tuxedo, playing inside the machine.†  (source)
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    Their first subject was the diminution of the Rosings party.†  (source)
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    It was the fashion then for women like Winifred to favour diminutives that made them sound like youths: Billie, Bobbie, Willie, Charlie.†  (source)
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    But it was not her diminutiveness that left the strongest impression on me; rather, it was a quality of beleaguered delicacy, as though her spirit had endured the same heedless inattention as her garden.†  (source)
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    He addressed me as Mosiek, the diminutive for Moshe.†  (source)
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