Sentence examples for calling a small from inspiring English sources

Last week, the steelworkers who wanted to come back to their jobs were calling a small, loquacious man named Jim Patton, who, like Simmons, was also in his fortieth year on the job, and who coördinated the union's safety training.

These days, around the corridors of the company that was so famously tarnished by what she insisted on calling "a small personal matter," the talk is of "homecoming" -- the return on March 7 of Ms. Stewart, the founder and creative piston of a media empire constructed from pie crust, perennial beds and other ingredients of a well-ordered, if Eisenhoweresque, domestic life.

The Oakland hitters are adept at taking pitches and drawing walks, and if the home-plate umpire happens to be calling a small strike zone -- particularly for Pettitte, who pitches to the fringe of the zone -- then the starter will not survive beyond the sixth inning.

For the most part teachers were observed calling a small number of students to the front of the class to conduct an activity while the rest of the class observed.

Only in basketball would Deng be called a small forward.

Minneapolis is often called a small big city, St .Paul a big small town.

In the mid-sixties, Sanders was the target of what he calls "a small assassination attempt".

Let's call a small business any company that has revenue of $5 million or less.

Then, she called a small outfit from the list, and the owner Victor Solano called right back.

Ken Kaiser, last night's plate umpire, typically calls a small but consistent strike zone.

When a blackout looms, utilities call a small coterie of demand-response firms.