Sentence examples for a small but animated from inspiring English sources

A1 American troops guarding the home where Uday and Qusay Hussein were killed encountered a small but animated demonstration from loyalists.

And on Wednesday, in front of the house where the attacks occurred, a small but animated group of Hussein loyalists gathered to chant pro-government mantras.

Food is ordered and paid for at the counter (no credit cards are accepted), behind which a small but determined kitchen brigade animates the tiny workplace with fervor; bottled soft drinks and juices are available in a refrigerated case.

A small but telling detail.

A small but disquieting show.

Something of this confectioner's exuberance animates the work of James McCourt, whose fiction -- an arch, allusive stream of "in" jokes, arcana and camp backchat -- has won him a small but enthusiastic following of sweet-toothed readers.

A small but welcoming space.

A small, but noteworthy comfort.

— a small but symbolic move.

Ms. Anderberg, a small, animated woman with a gift for storytelling, first saw the river's trash-choked southern part on a bus to the 1964 World's Fair.

A small, animated woman with an easy laugh and a quick wit, she has witnessed the severe police repression that has occurred.