Examples of 'drop in the ocean' in a sentence

Meaning of "drop in the ocean"

drop in the ocean - This phrase is an idiom that means a small or insignificant amount compared to the overall context
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  • A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.

How to use "drop in the ocean" in a sentence

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drop in the ocean
A drop in the ocean that cruelly separates us.
Yet this is just a drop in the ocean.
It is a drop in the ocean but a start nonetheless.
But that is just a drop in the ocean.
A drop in the ocean of the amount he owed.
That is just one drop in the ocean.
A drop in the ocean of human misery.
We know our aim is a drop in the ocean.
This is a drop in the ocean of what is needed.
This blog is just a drop in the ocean.
A mere drop in the ocean of time.
This introduction is only a drop in the ocean.
But it was a drop in the ocean of our history.
My little book is a tiny drop in the ocean.
K is a drop in the ocean for him.

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That is literally and metaphorically a drop in the ocean.
We are just a drop in the ocean here.
Unfortunately it is often no more than a drop in the ocean.
It was not a drop in the ocean either.
We are aware that our campaign is a drop in the ocean.
A small drop in the ocean but.
Even then it would only be a drop in the ocean.
I am but a drop in the ocean of tears.
That really is not just a drop in the ocean.
That is a drop in the ocean for such an important issue.
Select the right drop in the ocean.
A drop in the ocean to them.
I will put a tear drop in the ocean.
A small drop in the ocean but certainly a valuable one.
But that was a drop in the ocean.
A drop in the ocean of tears.
This life is a drop in the ocean.
Drop in the ocean.
You may be a drop in the ocean.
We have to be clear that these subsidies are only a drop in the ocean.
And you will be a drop in the ocean of eternity.
So the financial resources available to us are a drop in the ocean here.
Just be a drop in the ocean.
But apparently this hair was just a drop in the ocean.
But that is just a drop in the ocean of what needs to be done.
We do often wonder if it is not all just a drop in the ocean.
It is but a troubled drop in the ocean of that endless peace.
It is not as if we are talking about a mere drop in the ocean.
A tiny drop in the ocean.
What they are doing now is a drop in the ocean.
This is just a drop in the ocean compared to everything he was involved in.
Your mathematician is a drop in the ocean.
Yet this is a drop in the ocean considering the real demand.
It is the proverbial drop in the ocean.
The price is a drop in the ocean compared to the return on investment.

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Examples of using Ocean
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You should have found a wider ocean
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