Sentence examples for diminutive scale from inspiring English sources

Yet the jewel-box quality of the paintings, not to mention the diminutive scale, is preserved.

The diminutive scale reveals that premodern proportions persisted into the industrial age.

Fortunately, the diminutive scale is broken by a few large, showstopping pieces.

You might add mondo grass to the list, though I still think its diminutive scale is valuable in small gardens.

The vehicles' peculiar silhouettes, diminutive scale and heavy use of chrome trim are typical of Japanese styling of the period.

All the planes have been carefully fashioned to record details in precisely accurate but diminutive scale, measuring in inches not feet.

Warren Frank Wheelock's portrait of Fiorello La Guardia is not without political resonance, but its main attraction is in the exacting smoothness of the wood carving and the diminutive yet robust scale of the rotund little man in his wide-brimmed hat.

A diminutive scarf joint is in evidence in the scale model of a Dutch barn, the largest and most detailed of the models he has been building for the past three years, and the only one on display to come from outside Connecticut.

You want to go back as far as that?" To demonstrate the appeal of the mounds, Haimson and Dickerson scaled one diminutive peak, from which Dickerson descended at a run.

When your child is ready to step out of the play kitchen and into a real one, tools scaled for diminutive chefs will make cooking tasks easier and safer.

Lately, the Met is even retreating in terms of scale, offering a diminutive picture of a Sargent painting, American modern design and "Painters in Paris, 1895-1950" besits its endless listings.