It was indeed a crisis Dwarfing the other she had met.
"The Desert of Wheat"
Zane Grey
He discussed fourteen types of coercion, from the brutal corporal punishment of Squeers and Creakle in schools, of Bumble and the Christian philanthropist with the white waistcoat in institutions, and of the Murdstones and Mrs. Gargery in homes, to the gentle but Dwarfing firmness of the dominant will of placid Mrs. Crisparkle.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
Whatever the subjects, it is a Dwarfing process, whether the definitions are memorized at home or at school, silently, by oral repetition, or by singing them.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes