How to use "little" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "little" in popular movie and book plots

  • After little success, the group watch Kambei, an aging but experienced rōnin, rescue a young boy who had been taken hostage by a thief.  - Seven Samurai
  • Miller decides to take command and defend the bridge with what little manpower and resources are available.  - Saving Private Ryan
  • Now when splashed with cold water he takes the form of a little black pig.  - Ranma ½
  • Days later, an encounter with a harpooned whale prompts Pip, a little black cabin-boy from Alabama, to jump out of his whale boat.  - Moby-Dick
  • In time, he is paroled from the institution, and he is sent to a place 'for a little gentle treatment'.  - Leaf by Niggle
  • After killing D'Sparil, Corvus ends up on a perilous journey with little hope of returning home.  - Heretic (video game)
  • Marlow, still some two hundred miles to go, now takes passage on a little sea-going steamer captained by a Swede.  - Heart of Darkness
  • He eats little boys, puppy dog tails, and big, fat snails.  - Glen or Glenda
  • There are hungry people to feed and little food.  - Gone with the Wind (novel)
  • The once resplendent theatre is now little but planks and scaffolding (Prologue/Overture).  - Follies
  • He has been waiting for them, and he offers little resistance – indeed the two men take direction from as they walk through town.  - The Trial
  • Ash finds little chance of safety, however, as the bridge leading to the cabin has been destroyed.  - Evil Dead II
  • Their past ruthlessness gives them little hope of quarter from the enraged Fremen.  - Vladimir Harkonnen
  • Vicki is taken to Wayne Manor by Alfred, who tells her that Bruce will be a little late.  - Batman (1989 film)
  • I perform a much needed job here in the City of Amnesia"), although he is a little hesitant this time.  - The Big O
  • Funerals are conducted with more and more speed, no ceremony, and little concern for the feelings of the families of the deceased.  - The Plague

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