How to Use the little/small matter in a Sentence

the little/small matter

noun
Definition of the little/small matternext
  • There’s just the small matter of finding the right poop, though.
    — Wired, 9 July 2022
  • There’s just the small matter of getting the world to listen.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022
  • There’s the small matter of a Week Two date with Alabama on the slate.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
  • There’s also the small matter of whether or not the djinn is real. George Miller's movie looks great.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2022
  • There is also the small matter of the 32-game difference in the standings.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Other changes will be far slower, including the small matter of the coins and bank notes with the queen’s face.
    — Eliot Brown, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Plus, there’s the little matter of ending a losing streak.
    — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • There’s also the little matter of their induction last year into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
    — Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, the Roys still have the little matter, mentioned during the episode, of their father’s funeral.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 May 2023
  • Then there is the small matter of clouds, Which make tracks over the hill in a smoke Of white, as though instructed By their superiors to break camp.
    — Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Oh, and then there was the small matter of Michael having to remain in heavyweight champ size while also training with the other fighters in the film.
    — Elizabeth Raposo, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Though there is the small matter of Apple’s regular-as-clockwork iPhone launch in early to mid-September to be factored in as well.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • An actor and actress fail to be cast in a mainstream movie so decide to make their own instead, one that requires the small matter of burglary to help with the financing.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
  • Being trapped in an alternate timeline isn't the worst of it though—there's the small matter of a Kugelblitz about to destroy reality to contend with.
    — Wired, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2023
  • However, there was the little matter of the drunken man being on the motorcycle.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • Then there was the small matter of the biggest warship ever, ruled by a villainous Queen (Amina Koroma).
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2022
  • There is of course the little matter of the Securities and Exchange Commission, whose chairman appears eager to burn the crypto industry to the ground.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 16 June 2023
  • His curiosity is wide-ranging, but, over the last decade, his interests and his books have zeroed in on the little matter of infectious diseases.
    — Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 21 Dec. 2022
  • And then there’s the small matter of what higher interest rates are going to mean for the cost of servicing this country’s swollen debt, a subject that Brian Riedl has examined in all its horror.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 1 July 2022
  • Finally, there’s the small matter of her nine Grammy nominations.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Another problem Oz faced in the battle to seem like a normal human in the Pennsylvania senate race was the small matter of him not being from Pennsylvania.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 Aug. 2022
  • There’s also the small matter of how people with disabilities are estimated to have nearly half a trillion dollars in disposable income (not counting for their family, friends, and advocates).
    — Jill Kramer, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2023
  • First, however, there’s the little matter of original drummer Gary Young, who amicably withdrew from his association with Pavement in 1993.
    — Jim Greer, SPIN, 31 July 2022
  • But, despite gaining the regulatory upper hand, Deliveroo still has the small matter of appeasing its group of increasingly frustrated riders.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 14 Mar. 2024

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