hairbreadth

Example Sentences

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Having completed his radio interview after the Bruins’ hairbreadth victory over Washington, coach Mick Cronin asked a colleague where he could find the one reporter traveling to cover the team.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2025

We all finished, and within a hairbreadth of our goal times.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022

On Wednesday, the campaign was just a hairbreadth away from reaching its goal of $1.7 million, thanks to 3,400 donors, roughly double the number in mid-December last year.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2020

In December 1960, the Electoral College confirmed Kennedy’s victory, giving him 303 votes to Nixon’s 219, with Kennedy taking a hairbreadth popular-vote margin over Nixon of slightly more than 100,000 votes.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2016

But the pebble fell short and dropped about a hairbreadth away from the cauldron.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi