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Example sentences for "wee"

Lexicographically close words:
wedi; wedlock; wedlocke; wednesdaie; weds; weed; weede; weeded; weeder; weeders
  1. However, Robin, being unable to do ony mair in the way o' searching, had now nae hope left but in finding his dead son by some kind o' supernatural means.

  2. No consideration, however, was strong enough to turn Adamson from his purpose.

  3. I have heard the story of the boots, George," said the visitor, "and never heard a better one.

  4. Gudesake, lassie, haud your tongue, and dinna affront baith yoursell and me.

  5. I think he be sandit in the yird, for I hae never seen him sin' the last great crash o' thunner.

  6. Mr Adamson's men alone remained, lingering about the brook and the folds, waiting for their master.

  7. Ay, but better be feared in time, than torfelled for ever!

  8. Tharefore wee inquire into, "First--Who frome the beginning was the institutor of marriage, ande also whot the apostels off thee Gentiles teaches thareon.

  9. In dry weather the soil must be pressed firmly on the seed, to insure sufficient moisture for germination.

  10. The plants in the rows should be thinned out to 3 or 4 inches.

  11. Cutting must here cease in June, in order to give the roots ample time to regain strength and make vigorous tops.

  12. He had baptized Selina, a wee baby in flowing robes, and fourteen years later had prepared her for her confirmation.

  13. But who had dreamed that seeds so chance as these could have sown themselves in little Juliette's breast to become the dominant possession of that wee abode?

  14. The wee doggie was so sweet--so just exactly what I had pictured to myself as the perfection of a pet.

  15. And though everybody, starting with the good-natured wee man himself, forgave Esme thoroughly, we were none of us allowed to forget it.

  16. When the dinner was over, the brandy bottle went round, accompanied with the wee wee glass, in shape of the burr of a Scots Thistle.

  17. But if ye winna grant me that wee wee while, when the bread of a haill family depends on it, ye're waur than ony deil that's yammering and cursing i' the bottomless pit.

  18. Lie still, lie still a little wee while, Lie still but if we may; Gin my mother should miss us when she wakes, She'll go mad ere it be day.

  19. O tell me soon, ye little wee boy, Where may my Margaret be?

  20. And wee finde by good account taken out of their histories, that they had the vse thereof long time before vs in Europe.

  21. Thomas did preach in China, and we may presume that all which wee haue seene dooth remaine printed in their hearts from his doctrine, and beareth a similitude of the truth and a conformity with the things of our catholike religion.

  22. The lady said: aEuro~So mvst I thee, It is my fader, is com for me, With the Geaunt to ffyght.

  23. But als longe als thei ben of foule and of unclene lyvynge, (as thei ben now) wee have no drede of hem, in no kynde: for here God wil not helpen hem in no wise.

  24. And also thei seye, that wee synne dedly, in schavynge oure berdes.

  25. And this sterre, that is toward the north, that wee clepen the lode sterre, ne apperethe not to hem.

  26. And righte as it semethe to us, that thei ben undre us, righte so it semethe hem, that wee ben undre hem.

  27. But that may not be, upon lesse, than wee mowe falle toward hevene, fro the erthe, where wee ben.

  28. For wee ben in the sevenethe climat, that is of the mone.

  29. And thus for here synnes, han thei lost alle this lond, that wee holden.

  30. And zif I hadde had companye and schippynge, for to go more bezonde, I trowe wel in certeyn, that wee scholde have seen alle the roundnesse of the firmament alle aboute.

  31. Just pairsecuting an auld man of seventy and a wee bit of a child.

  32. And I'll pick up the auld deevil and the wee bit lassie before mid-day.

  33. In the stern sheets lay that which had once been Macpherson, the "auld fule Papist, and the wee bit lassie.

  34. There were crowds of blue birds, looking like jewels in the bright sunshine; and the humming-birds made quite a noise with their wee wings round our honeysuckle-covered verandah.

  35. The wee "Jap" dolls may be bought for a penny each at many fancy shops.

  36. This wee humbly offer unto your honors fearing you may not otherwise be given to understand, what was the first cause that moved to that action, as will appear if all papers relating thereunto may be perused.


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wee" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    diminutive; dwarf; elfin; fine; little; midget; miniature; minute; petite; pocket; short; slight; small; stunted; tiny


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    week after; week afterwards; week ago; week before; week days; week from; week later; week since; weekly newspaper; weekly paper; weel eneugh; weep bitterly; weeping bitterly