threadbare

Example Sentences

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The club were left with a threadbare squad in the summer after Josh Windass and Michael Smith walked away from their contracts.

From BBC

Years of squeezed spending in some areas leaving some parts of the public services threadbare.

From BBC

The case against her was threadbare, a product of postwar rancor, false testimony and manipulative journalists who had preyed on her naivete.

From Los Angeles Times

She mumbled her threadbare story about being the cousin of England’s queen, but her heart was not in it, and she fell silent.

From Literature

Bringing my “whole self” to every moment left me threadbare.

From The Wall Street Journal