"But the season is made up of 16 little battles."

I'd almost rather have them be completely oblivious to everything than to think that their own little battle decided the fate of the world.

By the time the little battle ended, the whole village was on fire.

"We won a little battle today," he said after the verdict.

There were short, sporadic, often bitter little battles during those weeks.

A little battle in a greater war on energy dependence.

"We lost all those little battles in the third period," said Arbour.

Meanwhile all the little tribal battles miss the big picture by a country mile.

The hall had recently been the scene of a fierce little battle.