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How to use dwarf in a sentence

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Dwarf means any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves. Example: “The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.”

Examples of dwarf by meaning

nounAny member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having...

  • Nidavellir, which is sometimes called Svartalfheim, where the dwarfs (who are also known as dark elves) live beneath the mountains and build their remarkable creations.2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 20

adjectiveMiniature.

  • The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.
  • It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires.

verbTo make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny; to be much larger than.

  • The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.
  • The train bursts from Rusher Cutting Tunnel with explosive violence, the engine's exhaust soaring high into the air, but dwarfed by the mighty limestone cliffs on either side.1960 April, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 225
  • In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184

verbTo make appear insignificant.

  • Bach dwarfs all other composers.

More sentences with dwarf

  • They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.From the entry doctor
  • The heat of a white dwarf is supersolar.From the entry supersolar
  • And when the white dwarf accumulates too much mass, it will collapse and explode in a supernova.2024 August 21, Ashley Strickland, “An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it…. From the entry accumulate
  • The scale of the planetary and dwarf planetary regions of the solar system.2023, Martin Beech, Mind the Gap: The Labyrinthine Story of Planetary Orbits, Mathematics, and the Titius-Bode Rule, World Scientific…. From the entry dwarf planetary
  • Yenagoa was more town than city, a settlement of dwarf houses, roofs level with the raised road.2017, Chibundu Onuzo, Welcome to Lagos, Faber & Faber Ltd, pages 25-26. From the entry Yenagoa
  • The name "tarantula" is also mistakenly applied to other large-bodied spiders, and the "dwarf tarantulas".2016 March 29, Josephine-De-France, “The Vicious”, in And Then There Are Bitches, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN. From the entry tarantula
  • A dwarf.' 'I am not a dwarf.' Maude Benet had been stern.2016 November 3, Shirley McKay, 1588: A Calendar of Crime: A Novel in Five Books, Casemate Publishers, →ISBN. From the entry mimmerkin
  • First we get pygmy hippos blown up, then we come across a dwarf skeleton.2016, Paul Johnston, Skeleton Blues. From the entry microphilia
  • Scientists studying Pluto refer to themselves as planetary scientists (not dwarf planetary scientists).2016, Lisa Messeri, Placing Outer Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, →ISBN. From the entry dwarf planetary
  • Dwarf fountain grass, bunny grass, and deer grass are beautiful, hardy companions to the conifer garden.2015 November 27, Ken Lain, “Gardening with Evergreens & Conifers”, in Prescott News. From the entry bunny grass
  • Nuramon would never have thought that the dwarves were the children of the Darkalben.2015, Bernhard Hennen, James A. Sullivan, translated by Edwin Miles, “The Children of the Darkalben”, in The Elven, Seattle, Wash.…. From the entry dwarrow
  • But we do see imperfect things in nature, dwarfed, blasted trees and other apparent miscarryings.2013, Wilfrid Lay, The Child's Unconscious Mind. From the entry miscarrying
  • They might remain skeptical of our reasons, but certainly no more dubious than the dwarves."2013, Jeff Inlo, Delver Magic Book I: Sanctum's Breach. From the entry elflore
  • “You dwarves really believe in that old hag?” The soldier continued without waiting for an answer.2012, Tad C. Rhoden, “Night Things”, in Don’t Call Me Hobbit: A Novel, Bradenton, Fla.: BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 92. From the entry ahm
  • But it be unusual to let dwarves here.” Looking at Aram he said.2012, Tad C. Rhoden, “Play Dumb”, in Don’t Call Me Hobbit: A Novel, Bradenton, Fla.: BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 70. From the entry dwarfin
  • "Ya know, for a smoothskin, you can down yer drink as well as a dwarf!"2011, Mike Wild, The Trials of Trass Kathra, →ISBN, page 111. From the entry smoothskin
  • A member of the Fomor Belt, Bres is a dwarf planet with no atmosphere.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Bres. From the entry dwarf planet
  • There are white- or pink-flowered dwarf morning-glories; I’ve never seen them but I imagine they’re pretty.2010, Ray Rogers, “Dwarf-morning glory (E. glomeratus)”, in The Encyclopedia of Container Plants: More than 500 Outstanding Choices for…. From the entry dwarf morning-glory
  • One of the elves, a woman with long auburn hair, was garbed identically to the two dwarves.2007, Clifford B. Bowyer, The Siege of Zoldex, Silver Leaf Books, LLC, →ISBN, page 307. From the entry woman
  • This enormous ring of ordinary environments dwarfs the conventional centralized city.2007, Andrew Shanken, “The Sublime "Jackass"”, in Places, volume 19. From the entry unbeholdable
  • But it was only a dwarf deerling, no taller than Dart's waist.2006, James Clemens, Shadowfall. From the entry deerling
  • This is how Sauron ensnares the kings of men and dwarves with the elf-crafted rings of power.2003, Anne C. Petty, Tolkien in the Land of Heroes: Discovering the Human Spirit, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Press, →ISBN, page…. From the entry Faustian bargain
  • Most often seen in older or historic gardens, dwarf morning glory (Convolvulus tricolor) forms a sprawling mound.2003, Southern Living, “No Longer in Morning”, in Southern Living 2003 Garden Annual, Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, →ISBN, “June”…. From the entry dwarf morning glory
  • The raggle-taggle host of freedmen dwarfed her own, but they were more burden than benefit.2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “Daenerys [Targaryen]”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London…. From the entry raggle-taggle
  • The frequency with which dwarf mongooses allomark before, during, and after estrus in the dominant female.1989, Gittleman, John L, Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution. From the entry allomark
  • In psychiatry, the danger of overconcern with biological rhythms is probably dwarfed by the danger of underconcern.1982, Salvatore J. Garzino, The Rhythm Factor in Human Behavior. From the entry underconcern
  • A dwarf, tufted, grayish plant with short spikes of pink-rose bilateral flowers nestled among the leaves.1979, Richard Spellenberg, “Shaggy Tuft (Stenandrium barbatum)”, in The Audubon Society field guide to North American wildflowers, western…. From the entry shaggytuft
  • Burdocks, thistles, dwarf oaks, cottonweed, chalky holes and whitish puddles everywhere.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, pages 22–23. From the entry pauperize
  • When there are two "girl" genes the plant is a girl dwarf.1972, GSN Gesneriad Saintpaulia News: African Violets, Gloxinias, Other Gesneriads and Exotic Plants, volumes 9–10, page 37. From the entry girl
  • Each of the seven dwarfs, from sober-sided Doc to dim-bulb Dopey, had a distinct personality.1966 December 23, “Walt Disney: Images of Innocence [obituary]”, in Time, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2009. From the entry dim-bulb
  • The dwarf morning-glory (Convolvulus tricolor) is an interesting plant for the hot, dry border.1943 April 25, W. H. Youngman, “Annuals for Hot, Dry Situations: Choose Those Known to Thrive Under Such Conditions; List Not Long”, in…. From the entry dwarf morning-glory
  • The orchards of peaches with the lush fruit weighting down the dwarfed trees.1940, Carson McCullers, chapter 15, in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, published 2000, page 321. From the entry weight down
  • Dwarf generously gave me a passage up to An-peng, the Port of Taiwan-fu.1915, William Campbell, Sketches from Formosa, Marshall Brothers Limited, →OCLC, →OL, page 16. From the entry An-peng

Meaning of dwarf

  1. noun Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
  2. noun A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
  3. noun An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.

Full definition of dwarf

Questions about dwarf in a sentence

How do you use dwarf in a sentence?
Dwarf is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.”
What is a short sentence with dwarf?
“Bach dwarfs all other composers.”
What does dwarf mean?
Dwarf means any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

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