Sentence examples for small solitary from inspiring English sources

Eotragus was a small, solitary forest and bush dweller dependent on cover.

Down the hall, Ms. Carillo's attacker had been isolated and locked inside a small solitary confinement cell.

Each interpreted an upbeat song with a big, trumpeting voice that nonetheless hinted at a small, solitary figure within.

Nevertheless, I snapped a photo of a corner of my work space the other day, and the reason was the watchful gaze of this small, solitary owl.

In some cases, few observations of certain species may be due to sampling bias, as small, solitary, cryptobenthic species are often overlooked in visual surveys.

The plant has leaves that are opposite or in whorls and small, solitary flowers that are short-stalked and bell-shaped or almost flat.

Because the proportional body fat content of mammals increases with size (Prothero 1995), the fat:protein balance of the diet of the ancestors of domestic dogs would likely have been higher compared with the small, solitary-hunting ancestor of domestic cats.

As an example, the simple phytoplankton Phaeocystis could, via chemical senses alone, "smell" its neighbors being attacked, identify the attacking enemy and alter its traits in opposite directions (becoming larger or smaller, solitary or colonial) depending on the traits that deterred feeding by that particular enemy.

The clear prominence of bumblebees visiting beans is perhaps consistent with the morphology of bean flowers limiting access to nectar for smaller solitary bee species and honey bees, and supports conclusions made by Free (1993).

It should be noted however, of the seventeen species of scleractinian found in Antarctic waters today, only two form large colonial structures and the remaining fifteen species are smaller solitary-living forms such as species of family Flabellum and Caryophyllia [20].

For a moment on the carpeted staircase, Obama looks very slight, small, and solitary.