few's Usage Examples:

are predators, mostly preying on insects and on other spiders, although a few large species also take birds and lizards.

Only a rare few species are known to be nocturnal.

but the main eyes of spiders are ocelli that can form images and, in a few cases, can swivel to track prey.

That same year, Jobs took a few of Apple's members with him to found NeXT, a computer platform development.

hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.

several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take several years to pass through their entire life.

With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to.

publication, referred to as an "embargo period", ranging from a few months to a few years depending on the journal.

Clue-hunting proved infectious, and within a few weeks had become an international phenomenon.

Vincent kept few of the letters he received.

A few appeared.

last up to nearly 2 hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only up to a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller.

from 20% of the causes (the “vital few”).

Other names for this principle are the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few, or the principle of factor sparsity.

the phase of the moon, the tides, and the time of day that meant only a few days each month were deemed suitable.

marine animals with umbrella-shaped bells and trailing tentacles, although a few are anchored to the seabed by stalks rather than being mobile.

Several Latin American countries and a few other places use it year round.

Synonyms:

a couple of; numerosity; some; a few; fewer; hardly a; multiplicity; numerousness;

Antonyms:

little; more; no; many; all;