slenderest
Example Sentences
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In her review of the 1978 production, Times theater critic Sylvie Drake identifies “Fam and Yam” as the weak link in “Albee Directs Albee,” calling the playlet “the slenderest of self-jibes” and a “threadbare spoof.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022
But what “Sollers Point” accomplishes is a singular balancing act, compensating for the mood of heavy discouragement with only the slenderest thread of hope.
From Washington Post • May 21, 2018
Even the slenderest of biographies from the Arthur Schlesinger presidential series runs around 200 pages, and a Ron Chernow joint will push past 800.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2017
Reflecting on the incident afterwards, my father told us that Wilson seemed not to understand that it was "only by the slenderest margins" that his life had been saved.
From BBC • May 22, 2015
The gloves were unlined, with the slenderest slashes hidden in the fingertips.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
