The letters had little magnets on the back so that when you put them on anything metal they stayed there.

Over the years, they have embedded a million little magnets deep within the culture to pull men and women ineluctably together.

Then she realized: The little magnet was too new to travel on his own power.

It was plain that the human officers did not know of the little magnet's existence - and should not be informed.

The little magnet did not comprehend many human words yet, but should get the gist.

But he could not change the little magnet's devotion - and perhaps did not want to, knowing it was justified.

So a magnet is really a bunch of little magnets.

The big magnet doesn't act like a magnet until all the little magnets are lined up the same way.

Six kids backed away from her, like little magnets turned to opposite polarity.

You got a little magnet in there somewhere?