Sentence examples for a small affair from inspiring English sources

It was a small affair that mixed elegance and whimsy.

It was a small affair and most attendees were family members.

Compared with these sums, the women's mall was a small affair.

The birthday party is to be a small affair, just family and a few close friends.

He said he did not feel too bad because "it's a small affair, and it's Chelsea's friends".

After the tour of the cemetery, we headed for the Nazca airstrip, a small affair crowded with backpackers.

But next year's meeting, to be held at a remote ski resort in western Canada, will be a smaller affair.

Studio 01 is a smaller affair than Soho, a darkened room with couches, tables and television screens surrounding a sunken dance floor.

The other major post-crash work, JC Chandor's Margin Call, was a smaller affair and, like The Big Short, essentially prudent, taking $19.5m on a $3.5m outlay.

By contrast, Mr. Obama's swearing-in, administered by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. just before noon at the White House, was a smaller affair, attended only by Mr. Obama's family and a small pool of reporters and cameras.

This was a smaller affair than other Palace parties, and less openly sexual, but there was a great sense of playfulness, and everyone appeared to be having a good time.