slender

Example Sentences

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Wu Yize held off a Shaun Murphy fightback to ensure he will take a slender 13-12 lead into the concluding session of their World Championship final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Plagued by insomnia, the 11-year-old British boy pulled a slender book off his mother’s shelf, one she had swiped from school where she taught.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The following year, Britain and the U.S. agreed to build a military base on Diego Garcia, a slender, open-jawed island, and the two governments began plotting the expulsion of the Chagossians from the entire archipelago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

First, their majorities in the House and Senate are perilously slender.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

I opened the door and a slender, blond, typical thirteen-year-old American boy dressed in a plaid woolen shirt, corduroy trousers, and black-and-white sneakers, said simply: “I’m Bobby Fischer.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady