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The phrase "a small man sometimes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a man who is small in stature and occasionally exhibits certain behaviors or characteristics.
Example: "Despite being a small man sometimes, he has a big heart and always stands up for what he believes in."
Alternatives: "a little man at times" or "a petite man occasionally".
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Mr. Sweet — "such a small man, sometimes people mistook him for a rodent, he scurried around so" — fantasizes about butchering his son and serving him up poached or as a "saddle of Heracles with lemon and thyme" to his "overly well-fed" wife, "that horrible bitch who arrived on a banana boat".
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Valentino, a small man with a big voice, sometimes used his briefcase as a booster seat.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — He is deceptively unassuming, a small man in a neat white shirt, sometimes wearing reading glasses as he studies the stack of legal documents he brings with him every day from his cell to the courtroom.
Sometimes I wish a small man would just come to my bedside when I wake up and tell me what I need to know for the day.
Wiens is a small man.
He's a small man.
It is a small fuckin' world sometimes.
Sometimes it is a man, sometimes a woman, but the suit is always navy blue.
"Sometimes I'll make it a man, sometimes I'll make it a woman," he said one recent muggy afternoon.
He was a very small man.
I assume because I sound like a man sometimes?
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