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Example sentences for "three small"

  • The well-behaved have one, two, or three small pieces of black cloth sewn to their left sleeve.

  • Unfortunately, three small hills, which were being levelled when I was there, had greatly interfered with the first laying out of the settlement, which accounts for the town being all crooked and irregularly planned.

  • It was only now and then that in a sheltered nook I came across a hut or two of seaweed gatherers; and, still following the cliffs, I passed two or three small villages of a few houses each.

  • Add one celery root, three small onions, a bunch of parsley, one dozen whole peppercorns, half a dozen cloves, two bay leaves and a teaspoon of fine salt.

  • Crush a piece of saltpetre, size of walnut, one teacup of salt, one teaspoon of pepper, three small cloves of garlic cut fine; mix seasoning.

  • It seems to be supposed by many that no chicken is too poor for broiling, and therefore it is often difficult to get more than two or three small mouthfuls of flesh off their bones.

  • Blanch, in scalding water, three small ounces of shelled bitter almonds, and then lay them in a bowl of very cold water.

  • The amounts given in the following recipes are sufficient to make two large loaves or three small ones, but, of course, if more bread is desired, the quantity of each ingredient may be increased proportionately.

  • Continuing our course with similar weather, we descried two or three small islands on the 22d November in the morning, and that afternoon came to another off a very high land, called Comoro.

  • In the evening of that day we came to the Capas, three small isles, about thirteen leagues from the Ridang islands, and two leagues from the continent.

  • In the whole island there are not above two or three small horses of the Arab breed, and a few camels.

  • Take half a pound of broken up loaf-sugar, and on some of the lumps rub off the yellow rind of two large lemons, or three small ones, having first rolled the lemons under your hand upon a table to increase the juice.

  • On Sunday the 26 of Iuly plying to and fro betweene the Matanças and Hauana, we were espied of three small Pinasses of S.

  • On this occasion I travelled over about fifteen leagues of country, and did not see more than two or three small villages in the whole distance.

  • The building comprises three long large vaults, surmounted by three small cupolas.

  • The domicile consisted of three small, one-storied buildings lying close together and standing in a small court surrounded by stabling and sheds.

  • Between it and the northern shore, three small creeks, one of which has the same name with the island, empty themselves.

  • After smoking with them all he visited the fish weir, which was about two hundred yards distant; the river was here divided by three small islands, which occasioned the water to pass along four channels.

  • Eagles and Hawks; not an Eagle have we seen yet, and only two or three small Hawks, and one small Owl; yet what a harvest they would have here, were there trees for them to rest upon.

  • All right," said George; so the three of them went over to the poultry house and Fred began by taking out the two or three small windows, and removing the doors by unscrewing the hinges.

  • There were also two or three small buildings on the place.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "three small" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    three brigades; three commissioners; three dayes; three different; three dollars; three equal vertical bands; three gallons; three grains; three hard; three miles from the; three months; three ounces; three principal; three rods; three rows; three ships; three slices; three small; three sons; three squadrons; three steps; three women; three years; thus spoke; upon earth; white swan