When faced with two harmful policies, voters often choose the lesser evils to avoid greater harm.

At dawn, a flock of lesser scaups floated silently across the marsh, their dark heads glinting in the light.

At sunrise, hundreds of lesser flamingos gathered along the pink-shaded shore to feed.

At dawn, lesser kestrels circled the abandoned farmhouse searching for voles.

The conservator catalogued the fragile lesser multangulars recovered from the medieval burial site.

During my walk in the old orchard, I was thrilled to spot several lesser spotted woodpeckers hammering at the dead branches.

During the jury instructions, the judge explained how to consider lesser included offenses when deliberating.

The surgeon carefully examined the lesser saphenous veins before harvesting a graft.

During the procedure, the surgeon identified the lesser saphenous vein as the source of the bleeding.

On chilly spring mornings I often hear the lesser spotted woodpecker tapping in the birch grove behind our house.