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The giant redwoods and high cliffs dwarf the elegant Ahwahnee Hotel, making it appear a modest lodge rather than an imposing hostelry.

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 Meanings and Examples of DWARF
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dwarf
 v.  cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
Classic Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1  At the birth of her first little child she was very glad, and forgot the dwarf, and what she had said.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In RUMPELSTILTSKIN
2  As he jogged along over the fields, singing and dancing, a little dwarf met him, and asked him what made him so merry.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE MISER IN THE BUSH
3  The dwarf said he should have his three wishes; so he gave him the bow and fiddle, and went his way.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE MISER IN THE BUSH
4  The fact was, he could not refuse the request, on account of the dwarf's third gift.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE MISER IN THE BUSH
5  And as the dwarf came to the brink of it, he saw the two ducks whose lives he had saved swimming about; and they dived down and soon brought in the key from the bottom.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE QUEEN BEE
6  And the dwarf married the youngest and the best of the princesses, and was king after her father's death; but his two brothers married the other two sisters.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE QUEEN BEE
7  On the way the dwarf showed him the treasures which the witch had collected and hidden there, and the soldier took as much gold as he could carry.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE BLUE LIGHT
8  It was found at the soldier's, and the soldier himself, who at the entreaty of the dwarf had gone outside the gate, was soon brought back, and thrown into prison.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE BLUE LIGHT
9  But the dwarf put the same spell upon him as he put on his elder brother, and he, too, was at last obliged to take up his abode in the heart of the mountains.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE WATER OF LIFE
10  And young and old, noble and squire, gentle and simple, came at once on the summons; and among the rest came the friendly dwarf, with the sugarloaf hat, and a new scarlet cloak.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE WATER OF LIFE
11  The little black dwarf soon came, and walked round and round about the circle, but could not find any way to get into it, and he either could not, or dared not, jump over it.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN
12  When they came nearer they saw a dwarf with an old withered face and a snow-white beard a yard long.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
13  They ran to it and found it was the dwarf.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
14  They ran up and saw with horror that the eagle had seized their old acquaintance the dwarf, and was going to carry him off.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
15  The dwarf sprang up in a fright, but he could not reach his cave, for the bear was already close.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
Example Sentence:
1  The giant redwoods and high cliffs dwarf the elegant Ahwahnee Hotel, making it appear a modest lodge rather than an imposing hostelry.
2  Because on the internet, a one legged dwarf is as tough as a 300 lb linebacker.
3  A string of 13 dwarf galaxies in orbit around the massive galaxy Andromeda are not behaving as they should.
4  You can grow dwarf conifers in pots on the patio.
5  She dwarfed all her rivals in athletic ability.
6  His figure is dwarfed by the huge red McDonald'ssign.
7  The room Jacques and I occupied, though large, was dwarfed by an immense feather bed. It was a bed to end all beds, almost as big as a tennis court and as thick as a bale of hay.