Sentence examples for a few word from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a few word" is not correct in English.
Did you mean "a few words"? You can use the corrected phrase when referring to a small number of words in a context where brevity is emphasized.
Example: "Can you summarize your thoughts in a few words?"
Alternatives: "a couple of words" or "a handful of words".

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"I gave him a few word suggestions and edits and a comment that he should focus on ecosystems, and that was it".

Aside from a few word derivatives – such as "whitesplaining" – the man-shaming portmanteau ignores other socioeconomic factors associated with entitlement such as race, class or aesthetic values.

He filled a few word voids with "you know what I am saying" or accented phrases with "sucker-free" words, which is something only people from Oakland understand.

He was quick to add that Mr. Lloyd Webber and Mr. Rice had given him latitude; he has proposed a few word changes, and it was Mr. Lloyd Webber who suggested adding the song "You Must Love Me" that he and Mr. Rice wrote for the 1996 film adaptation.

A few word choices reveal it to be the English of a non-native speaker, but it is sophisticated and elegant English nonetheless, the work of an avid reader who, in the course of the letter, can't resist recommending a couple of books that he's read in the language.

I can pick up a few word here and there, but not his full sentences.

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A few words on each.

A few words were exchanged.

Woodin said a few words.

She offered a few words.

A few words of conversation.

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