Its flaws are a too-small safety and a very heavy trigger. From Wordnik.com. [Cheap Shots] Reference
I'm assembling a box of too-small clothes to send to the cousins. From Wordnik.com. [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference
Her ravaged complexion, her hurt eyes, her too-small mouth betrayed her. From Wordnik.com. [The Hotel New Hampshire]
Urza whirled angrily, seeing the silver man crouching in the too-small space. From Wordnik.com. [Time Streams]
Too many people were trying too hard to get near the too-small piece of glass. From Wordnik.com. [Roger MacBride]
They are performing a wonderful, invariably fun, service to a too-small audience. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Klein: OK is the New Awesome] Reference
It began with a briefing at the municipal agricultural bureau, in a too-small room. From Wordnik.com. [Bird���s Nest Soup] Reference
The boy's parents had curled his feet under to squeeze them into his too-small shoes. From Wordnik.com. [John Seery: Shoes] Reference
But the limits to what we can know, our too-small brains, are no flaw in human design. From Wordnik.com. [Ilana Ross: WikiGeniuses: Is the Internet Breeding a Generation of Know-It-Alls?] Reference
The too-small towels were scratchy, and her skin prickled in the cool of the robing room. From Wordnik.com. [The Soprano Sorceress]
Rainer had gotten up and started stalking the room, a disgruntled dog in a too-small run. From Wordnik.com. [In a Strange City]
Worn and ragged as they were, jammed together like sheep in a too-small pen, they cheered. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
MacRannoch was muttering to himself, twisting back and forth like a bear in a too-small cage. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
Dodge was selling a truck launched for 1992, and Toyota had only the too-small, too-slow T100. From Wordnik.com. [2007 Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra] Reference
Baine had thoughtfully folded my too-small shirts and waxed my too-small patent leather shoes. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
I arranged the too-small tweed jacket in the bottom for a nest and stuck the saucer next to it. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
She binds her breasts in a too-small sports bra and could pass either as either a boy or a girl. From Wordnik.com. [August 28th, 2006] Reference
My parents were stingy and made me use a pair of too-small hand-me-down skates that hurt my feet. From Wordnik.com. [Stars and Stripes Over La Quinta, California] Reference
On a too-small stimulus, this isn't what Democrats or most Keynesian economists told us at the time. From Wordnik.com. [The Obama Economy] Reference
The noble's face squinched up tight as a snake trying to slip into a too-small hole in pursuit of prey. From Wordnik.com. [Carnivores of Light and Darkness]
The guards brought the first prisoner to the interrogation room, where Dainyl sat in a too-small chair. From Wordnik.com. [Alector's Choice]
Five minutes later Rainie was trying to pull a too-small threadbare gray blouse over her bulletproof vest. From Wordnik.com. [The Third Victim]
He looks up at the sound, glimpsing a figure through the small window that opens onto his too-small porch. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Engineer]
Firbek's blade stuck out of the Iron Guard's smaller scabbard, but a too-small scabbard was better than none. From Wordnik.com. [The Order War]
A rather well-off client just cleaned out his closet and asked me about donating his too-small clothing XXL-3X. From Wordnik.com. [Katrina refugees need plus-sized clothing] Reference
I mean, I've seen skinny men before, but he seemed to be a skeleton with a too-small skin stretched over the bones. From Wordnik.com. [Another Fine Myth]
Outraged, Cleo yapped and howled, and the woman ignored her bluster while continuing to stroke the dog's too-small head. From Wordnik.com. [Annie, Get Your Guy & Messing Around With Max]
The only mention of the too-small budget was in a report by the standing committee on health and welfare which stated that the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The individual who emerged from a back room popped out to greet them like a badger winkling its way free of a too-small burrow. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
While the mercury hovered consistently in the high 80s with no hint of a breeze, sharing that too-small space was a real challenge. From Wordnik.com. [Boston Time-Out or What I did on my summer "vacation"] Reference
It seems like all you can do is tidy up your too-small apartment and then anesthetize your ennui by buying belts at Banana Republic. From Wordnik.com. [resume your resum��] Reference
Our new hometown needed to have affordable housing — the boom of Las Vegas had left us barely able to afford a too-small house there. From Wordnik.com. [Moving Back East; Heading Back Home] Reference
Round an unexpected corner, through a too-small gap in a vigorously growing hedge, and finally into the riotous mess of the back garden. From Wordnik.com. [Twice shy]
A small desk crammed into a corner had some shelves with interesting reading, but a too-small lamp made it hard to see any of the titles. From Wordnik.com. [You Lodgin' With Me?] Reference
"Shut up, Kaylana," came the terse reply simultaneously from the combatants, who were watching each other like cobras in a too-small pit. From Wordnik.com. [Villains by Necessity]
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