Sentence examples for little refers from inspiring English sources

Little refers to this second category as the "core" projects.

His son did not know where he got the name Tommy from, but "little" referred to his stature; he was 5-foot-3.

Big-Little refers to the fact that four of the CPU cores are more powerful but also more power-hungry, while the other four offer less computing power but are less demanding on batteries.

Tchaikovsky's not so little second symphony, the "Little Russian", refers to Ukraine, once known by that name, and to the composer's use of three Ukrainian folk songs in the score.

The term El Niño, Spanish for "little boy," refers to the Christ child because El Niños often begin around Christmas time.

The title of the memoir, Little Failure, refers to an epithet his parents bestowed him with after graduating college (along with "Snotty"); the nickname is meant to be loving, not insulting.

"Now it's $465,000," said Mrs. Brown, a little ruefully, referring to the current asking price.

Butch tilted his head at me and I imagined the little dog referring to Montaigne.

What I said was the fact that we have to do a little extra," referring to black quarterbacks.

There are so many companies from southwestern Germany in that part of China that it is known as Little Swabia, referring to a region of Germany.

Correction: Oct. 25, 2006 A film review in Weekend on Sept. 29 about "Little Children" referred incorrectly to the filming of its scenes.