whisker

Example Sentences

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If they want income, there’s a problem: Dividends on the S&P are only just over 1%—and only a whisker above their lowest ever, in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

There, after round one, the incumbent Socialist Mayor, Benoît Payan, is only a whisker ahead of RN candidate Franck Allisio.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Stocks are still within a whisker of their all-time highs.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

After two games in the Sheffield Shield, Agar came within a whisker of making his Australia bow on an awful tour of India.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

Every now and then Basil would pause and strike his “Noble Stag” attitude, letting the rats get to within a whisker of him.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques