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Petite in sentence

22 examples of Petite in a sentence

She was a petite blonde dynamo, who barely reached five-foot-three.
I'd like to talk about a way of thinking about technology trends that I call my "grand unified theory of predicting the future," but it's closer to a petite unified theory of predicting the future.
The petite Tom Hollander is a brilliant actor: but Mr. Collins is described in the novel as tall and heavy-looking, which suggests that his terrible dancing with poor Lizzy is elephantine.
Petite but strong Jean whose strength and resolve help save lives, marching hundreds of miles and with calm self-discipline and persuasive powers, Joe Harman ("oh my word") who took risks for Jean and the other prisoners, only to suffer the worst pain imaginable, and Noel Strahan, who trusted Jean regardless of the odds.
Cynthia Rothrock,(China O'Brien),"Manhattan Chase",2000, made this film enjoyable to watch and of course,e this cute petite gal burned up the screen with her artistic abilities and hot sexy body.
Yes, this is one of the great musical movies I grew up with with such great entertainers as Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, not to mention the petite and glorious voice of Kathryn Grayson.
Goldie Hawn, the petite, saucer-eyed actress was ideal casting in this movie.
And this time he's got the hots for a petite little southern gal played by the ever gorgeous Rosanna Arquette!
The poor woman is Susan, portrayed by the petite beauty Judy Landers.
While I would normally overlook poor physical resemblances to the real life people an actor is portraying, it was nearly impossible to do whilst watching a tall, shrill woman portraying a woman who, in reality, was petite and classy.
Then there's the architect... une petite cour!'[A little court!]
Monsieur a parle de vous: il m'a demande le nom de ma gouvernante, et si elle n'etait pas une petite personne, assez mince et un peu pale.
When tea was over and Mrs. Fairfax had taken her knitting, and I had assumed a low seat near her, and Adele, kneeling on the carpet, had nestled close up to me, and a sense of mutual affection seemed to surround us with a ring of golden peace, I uttered a silent prayer that we might not be parted far or soon; but when, as we thus sat, Mr. Rochester entered, unannounced, and looking at us, seemed to take pleasure in the spectacle of a group so amicable--when he said he supposed the old lady was all right now that she had got her adopted daughter back again, and added that he saw Adele was "prete a croquer sa petite maman Anglaise"--I half ventured to hope that he would, even after his marriage, keep us together somewhere under the shelter of his protection, and not quite exiled from the sunshine of his presence.
La petite troupe n’était plus composée que de trois soldats, le caporal et Fabrice.
Voulez-vous de quoi racheter une petite voiture ?
La petite Marietta lui sauta au cou, et la vieille lui baisait les mains.
Fabrice y remarqua une petite tache d’encre rouge jetée, comme par hasard, au bas de la feuille vers l’angle droit.
Le comte lui écrivait presque tous les jours ; apparemment il envoyait des courriers comme du temps de leurs amours, car ses lettres portaient toujours le timbre de quelque petite ville de la Suisse.
Clélia était assise devant une petite table qui portait une seule bougie.
En parcourant les figures de femmes qui l’écoutaient, Fabrice remarquait depuis assez longtemps une petite figure brune fort jolie, et dont les yeux jetaient des flammes.
il va arriver enfin au portrait commandé par la petite Marini !
La petite porte indiquée dans le billet n’était autre que celle de l’orangerie du palais Crescenzi, et, dix fois dans la journée, Fabrice trouva le moyen de la voir.