Smaller

Examples

• They are a smaller horde than the Tharks but much more ferocious. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Then they moved across, through the hall, to the other front room, that was a little smaller than the firSt. 'This is the study,' said Hermione. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• In this respect, therefore, the species of the larger genera resemble varieties, more than do the species of the smaller genera. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• And yet molecules are made up of even smaller particles, called atoms. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Nations with a glorious past as to bravery but with a poor armament have gone down suddenly before smaller forces armed with modern ordnance. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• From the cooling and cont racting masses that were to constitute the planets smaller zones and rings were formed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Diving bells have been made of various forms, more especially in that of a bell or hollow truncated cone, with the smaller end closed, and the larger one, which is placed lowermost, open. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Rent, even where coals afford one, has generally a smaller share in their price than in that of most other parts of the rude produce of land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The steam-shovel did not discriminate, but picked up handily single pieces weighing five or six tons and loaded them on the skips with quantities of smaller lumps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was at the bottom of a page, and was for want of room compressed into a smaller space than that occupied by the marriages above. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It restrains the circulation of each particular company within a narrower circle, and reduces their circulating notes to a smaller number. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Not the least curious of the smaller contrivances is an apparatus which deserves notice as a useful application of magnetism to manufacturing purposes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• A smaller size, called _carbines_, were used by the mounted troops. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• At the end of this line it is shaken out over a grating, and the sand handled in the same manner as on the smaller conveyors. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I am inclined to think that the percentage of crooked people was smaller when I was young. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Perish the daring thought that any smaller creation should come between! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Though their marriages are generally more fruitful than those of people of fashion, a smaller proportion of their children arrive at maturity. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The hat sailed far out into space and we could see it smaller and smaller, the patent leather shining in the clear air, sailing down to the river. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• To the end the largest city states of Greece remained smaller than many English counties; and some had an area of only a few square miles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In the larger manufacturing towns the same tragedy was acted on a smaller, yet more disastrous scale. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Of their smaller fowl I could take up twenty or thirty at the end of my knife. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Gold has been found in smaller or larger quantities in nearly all parts of the world. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• They went to a recess in the same room, and there, on a smaller bed, lay another figure--Wildeve. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• This discovery laid many smaller matters open. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I have strong reason for confidently believing that we shall never be in the receipt of a smaller income than our present income. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The image is smaller than the object. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The space between these two rolls allowed pieces of rock measuring less than fourteen inches to descend to other smaller rolls placed below. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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