Sentence examples for term little from inspiring English sources

The term little is figurative.

The analysts said that in the short term, little could be done about the loose weapons.

Until recently, credit-default swap was a term little known beyond Wall Street.

The term Little Ice Age was introduced to the scientific literature by Dutch-born American geologist F.E. Matthes in 1939.

Piniella does not care for the term "little ball," but he said the Mariners needed to play better situational baseball.

Widodo pledged to champion human rights during his time in office but, more than 12 months into his term, little has changed.

In early summer Finland sued for peace and was given terms little worse than those settled in 1940.

Even then, fearing Allied involvement, Stalin granted terms little worse than those offered in 1939 and dropped the Kuusinen "government".

On implementation, the study said that most countries made the change swiftly, within a matter of months and with what it termed little disruption to the armed services.

That might have made the new series international, but its world covered, in real terms, little more than the roughly 700 miles from London to Milan.

It is true that the former third district in south-east Oklahoma was often termed "Little Dixie", but because of its many southern settlers rather than its high Democratic registration.