How to use miniature in a sentence

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• Brussels sprouts reach a length of 4 centimeters and resemble clusters of miniature cabbages.From the entry brussels sprout
• Some medical techniques monitor the inside of the body by means of a swallowable miniature camera.From the entry swallowable
• "A miniature giant" is a contradiction in terms.From the entry contradiction in terms
• The serrations formed the hips and valleys of what looked like a series of miniature gabled roofs or rooflets.From the entry rooflet
• Like other miniacs, he works in 1:12 scale, which is the traditional ratio for miniatures, dollhouses and dioramas.From the entry miniac
• Yet it is hard to hand out enormous sums without turning poor countries into miniature command economies.2025 March 6, “Aiding and abetting”, in The Economist (Finance & economics section), London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry command economy
• These were ‘wildings’, wild crab apples (Malus sylvestris), a miniature of today's, native to the British Isles.2023, Ray Mears, chapter 1, in British Woodland, Ebury Spotlight, →ISBN. From the entry wilding
• Prior to the photoceramic portrait, miniature paintings were all the rage.2021 February 2, Brynn, “What Are Photoceramic Portraits?”, in Coyle Studios. From the entry photoceramic
• Yucatan™ miniature and microswine, weighing 20–45 kg, were purchased from Sinclair Bio-resources (Windham, MA).2016 January 29, “Increased Expression of Phosphorylated Polo-Like Kinase 1 and Histone in Bypass Vein Graft and Coronary Arteries…. From the entry microswine
• The studio combined miniatures, motion control footage, live-action plates, and cg elements to make the shot possible.2016 December 11, Ian Failes, “10 Unforgettable Morphs in Film, TV, and Music Videos”, in Cartoon Brew, archived from the original on 07…. From the entry blorph
• Marketed as baby carrots, the miniatures are not young vegetables at all.2015, Joel S. Denker, “Carrot: The Carrot Purple”, in The Carrot Purple and Other Curious Stories of the Food We Eat, Lanham, Md.: Rowman…. From the entry baby carrot
• In this regard it is a sort of miniature Panthertown Valley.2014 September 24, George Ellison, “Nature Journal: Directions to an autumn paradise in WNC”, in The Asheville Citizen-Times, retrieved 01…. From the entry wildflowering
• Watkins, the rock had the unearthly look of a miniature satellite in space.2012, Charles Lockwood, Tragedy at Honda, page 65. From the entry unearthly
• The third stage occurs when the crays moult into miniature adults.2012, Robert B. McCormack, A Guide to Australia's Spiny Freshwater Crayfish, page 47. From the entry cray
• The new local police headquarters has a miniature dome reminiscent of that of St.2011 July 16, Henry Sanderson, Michael Forsythe, “In China, loans lure city officials”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry spending spree
• The kennels occupied a long brick building designed to resemble the palace in miniature.2010, Pseudonymous Bosch [pseudonym; Raphael Simon], “The Royal Kennels”, in This Isn’t What It Looks Like (The Secret Series; 4), New…. From the entry cherub
• The first miniature golf course was laid out on the summit of Lookout Mountain.2010, Paul Donnelley, Firsts, Lasts & Onlys of Golf, →ISBN. From the entry midget golf
• In other words, we found periods of quiescence, followed by miniature "Cambrian explosions" of rapid evolution.2009, W[illiam] Brian Arthur, The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves, London: Allen Lane, Penguin Group, →ISBN. From the entry Cambrian explosion
• To cater to the health-conscious, many bakeries also offer miniature moon cakes and sugar-free moon cakes.2007, Dean Brettschneider, “Pastries”, in Global Baker: Inspirational Breads, Cakes, Pastries and Desserts with International Influences…. From the entry moon cake
• A miniature look-alike of the Canada Goose, with a partial white necklace instead of a white chinstrap.2003, Roger Tory Peterson, Peter Alden, Birds, page 10. From the entry chinstrap
• “I've gathered you all here in the accusing parlor because one of you is a miniature shipwrecker.”2002 April 14, Jeff Westbrook, “The 30% Iron Chef” (11:26 from the start), in Futurama, season 3, episode 22, spoken by Professor…. From the entry shipwrecker
• Nancy is a quilting instructor and designer, specializing in miniature quilts and Hawaiian appliqué.2002, Cindy Walter, Gail Baker Rowe, Basic Appliqué, →ISBN, page 89. From the entry Hawaiian appliqué
• Since childhood, I had given up giraffedom to become a turtle, or maybe a miniature antelope.1999, Mark Sumner, The Vampires of Vermont, page 15. From the entry giraffedom
• The old servingwoman must have dropped it, like a miniature version of herself.1998 November, Mark Anthony, Beyond the Pale, Bantam Books, →ISBN, pages 137, 358. From the entry servingwoman
• He mounded so much honey on the top of the buns that they looked like miniature stupas.1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun. From the entry stupa
• Andreev's intexts are each, in some sense, miniatures of the larger text that includes them.1990, Stephen Hutchings, A semiotic analysis of the short stories of Leonid Andreev, 1900-1909, page 89. From the entry intext
• Despite their petlike appearance, miniature horses do more than just look cute.1988 August 20, Darlene Sordillo, “Mini Horses are Small Wonders”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013. From the entry petlike
• Miniature Nuremberg kitchens complete with all the utensils were said to teach children the elements of housewifery.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 198. From the entry element
• On the outskirts of town were roller coasters and ferris wheels, fun houses and drive-it-yourself miniature cars.1962, Mack Reynolds, Mercenary. From the entry fun house
• Vacuum tubes and other circuit components have been produced in miniature and subminiature versions.1952 March, Leonard Engel, “Little Gadget with a Large Future”, in Harper's Magazine, volume 204, number 1222, page 57. From the entry subminiature
• Boy Scouts and others interested in visual signaling can practice indoors with this miniature wigwag sender.1932 August, Hubert E. Mishler, “Tiny Wigwag Machine Teaches Signaling with Flag”, in Raymond J. Brown, editor, Popular Science Monthly…. From the entry wigwag
• But no miniature in enamel is this orthodoxly lengthy, appendixed, annotated biography of Byron.31 March 1930, “Don Juan”, in Time. From the entry orthodoxly
• To much fanfare, Slowjamastanis may now legally own miniature giraffes and pygmy elephants, provided they obtain an exotic pet license.2024 November 6, Harvey Schmidlap, “BREAKING: The Sultan Wins Big in Slowjamastan Blowout Election…”, in Republic of Slowjamastan…. From the entry Slowjamastani
• People holding miniature public telephone booths embossed with the Chinese characters for Kinmen attend a celebration in the Father Bernard M.2021 January 30, “Love beyond time”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2021, Taiwan News. From the entry Chinhu
• Imagine my four-pound Yorkie as a miniature stallion.2017 October 17, Amy Tan, Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination, HarperCollins, →ISBN. From the entry Yorkie

Meaning of miniature

1. noun Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
2. noun A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
3. noun A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.

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Questions about miniature in a sentence

How do you use miniature in a sentence?

Miniature is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantelpiece.”

What is a short sentence with miniature?

“"A miniature giant" is a contradiction in terms.”

What does miniature mean?

Miniature means greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.