Sentence examples for making a small splash from inspiring English sources

By the 1970's, he was making a small splash in Los Angeles, but the closest he came to fame was as a warm-up act for Fleetwood Mac.

You got the agent after that first play made a small splash Off Broadway.

The director, Dick Maas, made a small splash in the United States in 1988 with "Amsterdamned," about a canal-dwelling serial killer.

The cheese, produced on a lone farm on Zasavica, a nature reserve west of Belgrade, had already made a small splash for its exorbitant price.

James Fritz made a small splash at Edinburgh this year with Ross and Rachel, but it's this cleverly structured four-hander that confirms him as a writer going places.

He made a small splash in 1927 with his first book of poems, "Intellectual Things," but then more or less disappeared from the literary scene.

During last year's draft, the Knicks made a small splash by trading John Wallace and the draft rights to Donnell Harvey to Dallas for Erick Strickland and the rights to Pete Mickeal.

In London, scene of so many reverses, a one-man play based on "How to Lose Friends" makes a small splash and transfers to the West End, where Mr. Young replaces the original actor and plays himself.

This odd documentary — which deals with the death of a young physician named Andrew Bagby, who was a childhood friend of the film's director, Kurt Kuenne — made a small splash when it was first released, in 2008, but it's worth revisiting now, in the midst of the recent bonanza of true-crime hits.

Creative made a small splash the other day when the Zii project broke cover.

Last year Thompson spent $3.5 million — a full 35% of sales — just to make a small splash in print ads and coupons.