Now Lil Artha had his fire going, being far in advance of the others.
The long-legged Lil Artha could have easily outrun his comrade had he chosen, but he made no effort to do so.
Of course the long-legged Lil Artha easily outran all his mates.
In the first place, some of the boys were almost exhausted, particularly Ted and Lil Artha, who were covering the ground for the second time since noon.
Ted offering to sew on his finger again so neat that no one could tell where it had been separated, and would you believe it, Lil Artha was mean enough to abjectly decline?
To his surprise, Lil Artha snatched up his pail and ran away from the edge of the water!
But I think we ought to protest that win of Lil Artha," declared Chatz Maxfield, although he had been one of the last in the bunch.
And if you happen to see anybody who asks about us, sir, just tell them we're getting along dandy," declared Lil Artha.
Dem soldiers never had nothing in dere packs but a few old rags and maybe a lil keepsake from de women folks back home what dey loved.
Gawd naw, some dese lil babies whats 'er sucking de maw's titties is gwine to git dat pension.
When I was a lil shirt-tail boy, I recollects our soldiers gwine from house to house wid packs on dere backs.
I heared Tump got into a liltrouble wid de jailer las' night.
Dey ain't a son uv a gun on de river whut kin win lil Joe; dey all tried it.
Well, you sho had a lot o' chatter over signin' a lil ole paper.
I doctered 'em up wid a lil vinegar an' sody, an' dey is 'bout as pink as dey ever wuz.
Dat Henry Hooker," criticized Tump, "allus was a lil ole dried-up snake in de grass.
Say, you poor cheese, that bracelet alone'll pay for lil Fanny's eddycation.
An' that's why I know why yer gave me no presents when lil Fanny was born.
An' I thought fer a while yer was savin' up the ducats to give lil Fanny a start in life!
In der frih hadte ich schon sein Augnglas mit die altn Gleser hergerichtet un er konnte so gut sehn wi früer un schenkte mir einen Golddoller, so fergnigt wahr er.
He was in thorough sympathy with all the superstitions of the negroes, and to him the rabbit foot appeared to be an uncanny affair.
It was the hind foot of a rabbit, and a very large one at that, and the little boy examined it curiously.
Brer Fox he jump en he r'ar, but Brer Tarrypin done got 'im.
The little boy sat silent a long time, listening to the casual talk of Uncle Remus and his guests, and watching the vapor rise from his wet shoes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lil" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
