How to Use teensy in a Sentence

teensy

adjective
  • Use a teensy bit right on the zit at night, and again the next morning.
    — Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 9 July 2018
  • Even a teensy, tiny laundry room can feel like a jewel box with the right paint.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 June 2022
  • Your guess as to what Bieber's doing in this teensy pic is as good as mine.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2018
  • At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences.
    — Mark Robinson, Wired, 22 Dec. 2021
  • On the haute side, there were knotted and slashed teensy dresses in jersey and leather.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Though described for the first time in May, that teensy toe tip wasn’t new to science.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2019
  • Oh, and that isn't counting the unknown numbers of teensy mites, aphids, and thrips.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Cut a teensy tiny hole in the corner of the plastic bag then push the chocolate to the corner.
    — Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The coronavirus is a teensy little germ that makes people sick.
    — Mary Ann Lawrence, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2020
  • But the teensy brain of a praying mantis can see depth in these stimuli easily.
    — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The result is the ideal manicure for people with teensy-tiny knots and no room in their bag for a real brush or comb.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 15 June 2018
  • But being richer than even Gates makes that argument at least a teensy bit harder.
    — April Glaser, Slate Magazine, 27 July 2017
  • The larvae — teensy maggot-like organisms with an orange hue — were being set aside in the same petri dish.
    — Alicia Petska, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The minuscule house features a tiled roof, seven windows, a door and a teensy chimney.
    — Denise Chow /, NBC News, 30 May 2018
  • That being said, there could be a bit of teensy-weensy embellishment going on.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 May 2021
  • Pygmy marmosets are the world’s smallest monkeys as is, so just try to imagine how teensy-weensy their babies must be!
    — Saryn Chorney, PEOPLE.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Yes, maybe taking control of your life by literally taking control of your life is a teensy bit on the nose.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Those are pretty much meaningless save for making a playoff-less season look a teensy bit better.
    — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Asparagus can contain 40 or more scary-looking but teensy thrips for every ¼ pound.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
  • What appeared to be a drone hovered nearby, filming the cars, and looking like a cross between a giant insect and a teensy space craft.
    — oregonlive, 1 May 2021
  • Lella is a hybrid of a third-wave coffee shop and a teensy grocery store plucked off of a vicolo, or small alley, in Italy.
    — Emily Schultz, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2019
  • These days, the ISPs are getting just a teensy bit worried; given their storied strength, that's good news.
    — Susan Crawford, WIRED, 18 May 2018
  • Maybe the teensy tiny risks of vaccination don’t outweigh my risks from not getting vaccinated.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Their 2019 Thanksgiving was just a teensy bit more memorable than mine.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The flavor is rich and nutty and a teensy bit sweet, and the midnight sky hue comes from antioxidants, apparently, which, great.
    — Hilary Cadigan, Bon Appétit, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Plus his statements are but a teensy fraction of the political hysteria flowing daily from the media.
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
  • But perhaps our favorite in the neighborhood comes from this teensy establishment on High Street, where brick oven pizzas are made with love and pride.
    — John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Other winners included a super-small Shrek and a teensy tiny Stars Wars character.
    — Carli Teproff, miamiherald, 31 Oct. 2017
  • There are hundreds of dog breeds around the world, from the teensy chihuahua to the massive Saint Bernard—all thanks to centuries of selective breeding by humans.
    — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 2 Sep. 2019
  • For the occasion, the singer wore an oversized white denim jacket and skirt over a teensy white tank top, a shockingly pink lip, and face-covering Fenty shades.
    — Tatum Dooley, Teen Vogue, 5 July 2019

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