How to Use the little guy in a Sentence

the little guy

noun

• The base of his 9-month-old son Tex’s car seat is in Combs’ truck, and Nicole needs to take the little guy to daycare.
  — Natalie Weiner, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2023
• On the second hole, the little guy threw a golf ball from the tee area and then ran off after it.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
• In the video, the dad of three asked the little guy what his favorite smell is, as the 10-year-old hopped on a blue bike and hit the gas pedal.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
• And in the war between car owners and tow truck drivers, maybe notch a win for the little guy.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
• When the little guy was 5-weeks-old, the proud dad shared an adorable photo of the newborn sporting some of his dad’s merch.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 18 June 2023
• And while the three-hour outage may feel like a win for the little guy, Reddit has yet to show any signs of relenting.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 12 June 2023
• But unlike in the biblical tale, this time the little guy didn’t prevail.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• After all, if the little guy can do it after losing his mother at such a young age, perhaps there’s a chance for the rest of the species.
  — Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
• The movie is a classic story about the little guy standing up against an unjust system.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2023
• Katie Porter has fought to defend the well-being of the little guy against rapacious banks and drug companies.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
• In the other shots, the little guy is seen posing alongside a football helmet and being held by the team's mascot.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
• If, anywhere in the world, a big guy was bullying a little guy, Rudy would barge in uninvited to stand with the little guy.
  — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 1 June 2023
• Din goes to visit him and Luke Skywalker, having forged his beskar spear into armor for the little guy to wear.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 28 Feb. 2023
• Bill Richardson was a titan among us, fighting for the little guy, world peace, and everything in between.
  — Eric Tucker, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2023
• But hey, who can blame the little guy for giving it a go, especially after reading some fast facts about the pesky insects.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2023
• Drescher last year emerged as an unlikely labor leader and champion of the little guy.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
• And as the company’s executives have said previously, one of them is sticking up for the little guy.
  — Chris Welch, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2023
• Though Rocket was only meant as a test subject on the way to that greater plan, the little guy's cleverness surpassed even his creator, who will stop at nothing to get him back after so many years apart.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• The rest of us got a useful reminder of why free-market capitalism needs to be regulated: to protect the little guy (and sometimes not-so-little guys) from catastrophe.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2023
• Comedy has a long tradition of speaking truth to power, of giving the little guy a microphone and highlighting the collective woes of the everyman.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2023
• America’s tiniest employers have the highest share of job openings on record—more than one in five available positions—a sign the labor market might be tilting toward the little guy.
  — Amara Omeokwe, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2023
• And a deep feeling for outsiders, the little guy, is what enabled those early moguls to quickly generate an entire storytelling industry from scratch.
  — Michael Cieply, Deadline, 16 June 2024
• Racial demagoguery in the U.S. was once largely limited to Southern politicians who sometimes used their folksy, homespun charms as champions of the little guy to stoke racial and economic grievances.
  — David Cason, The Conversation, 16 May 2024
• In December 2020, several lawsuits revealed that Girardi — once seen as a crusading lawyer who’d always stuck up for the little guy — had allegedly stolen millions of dollars from his clients.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
• Among his efforts was his participation in the 2009 documentary Crude, which portrayed Donziger as a heroic crusader for the little guy who faced long-shot odds against one of the world’s most powerful multinational corporations.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
• How do sweeping lawsuits like this get filed and successfully pass through the federal court system, rendering huge judgments, probably against serious counterfeiters but also the little guy?
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
• Irish values feed working-class pitch Biden uses his Irish-American identity to cast himself as a political fighter and champion the hard-working American – the little guy fighting the odds – who deserves a chance even if lacking financial resources.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024