How to Use pocket-size in a Sentence

pocket-size

adjective
  • Here's what to know about the pocket-size tequilas.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Adjacent is a pocket-size terrace, with a view of the Paris skyline.
    — Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
  • After the Forum, head for the library, which is pocket-size, adorable, off the main courtyard.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
  • This pocket-size version can easily fit into their gym bag or carry-on for on-the-go relief.
    — Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Each day of the week has its own portable, pocket-size case that can be removed from the box and carried on its own for day trips or hikes.
    — Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2023
  • One church staffer presses a Bible to her forehead while another daubs her stomach with a pocket-size vial of holy oil.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • This book is a pocket-size pep talk for high-achieving and aspiring individuals.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The MoonPie might be closer to pocket-size, but its soft and chewy texture and s’mores-like flavor will send you over the moon.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 July 2026
  • This planner is available in three different sizes, including a pocket-size version.
    — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 14 June 2024
  • There are a number of them available on Amazon, but this pocket-size version is a best-seller, even among firefighters.
    — Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Paume offers a few pocket-size styles that are all paraben-free and simultaneously hydrating.
    — Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Google, Motorola and others are trying folding or flip phones that offer more screen real estate in a pocket-size phone.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Today, pocket-size family farmsteads on the canyon floor, often tucked against sheer walls, coexist with the ancient ruins and rock art.
    — Derek M. Norman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
  • However, this pocket-size stain remover can help remove stains in seconds by using a microfiber pad that lifts and absorbs them to leave your clothes looking brand new.
    — Casey Clark, Peoplemag, 8 July 2023
  • Even with an impressive 17 tools to its credit, the pocket-size Gerber Gear Truss more than fits the bill.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
  • That’s precisely why this new variety of cinema has come to the fore—not to concede movies to the pocket-size travelling show but to reclaim them from it.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
  • While this laundry bag and portable washing machine might bring backpacking to mind, the ultra-light bag that packs down to a pocket-size square can be handy indoors, too.
    — Molly Harris, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Our phones are turning into pocket-size casinos, offering windowless retreats from the real.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The pocket-size device is actually a Bluetooth speaker that looks great on a desk or bookshelf and ensures their jams are always playing.
    — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
  • As the ship careers out of control, Osha reaches beyond the bars of her prison for her pocket-size personal droid assistant, Pip.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 4 June 2024
  • Arise Chicago staff has been encouraging people to keep a copy of the toolkit on hand, whether printed out and taped across the inside of the door or a pocket-size card for easy access.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Vivian, a pocket-size woman in her seventies, wearing chunky jewelry, looked on skeptically.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Dark Painted Woodwork Just off the dining room, Bambi carved out a 7- by 7-foot space for a pocket-size library.
    — Kelly Ryan Kegans, Country Living, 23 Aug. 2023
  • No need to fumble around with a mess of cords—this slim, pocket-size power bank snaps onto the back of any MagSafe-compatible smartphone to charge the battery wirelessly.
    — Joni Sweet, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Nearby, an older woman who was resting on a bench handed me a pocket-size edition of the Zohar, from the Kabbalah Centre.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Hetp 2-pack Portable Charger These pocket-size power banks are perfect for travel emergencies.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Almost everything is represented — there are pocket-size versions of the denim dining table, pink camping stools and sofa — except the home’s residents.
    — Nick Haramis Laurent Kronental, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The committee’s bipartisan group of election and law enforcement officials developed pocket-size guides to election laws for police officers to carry.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • While many people just walk by the rectangular openings in the sidewalk from which the trees spring — or, worse, use the spaces as trash cans and doggy litter boxes — others lay claim, unofficially, to these pocket-size patches of land.
    — Jane Margolies, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The 160-page, pocket-size book — which in customary Michelin style includes a detachable city map — signals the growing stature of Detroit in the tourism industry.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024

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