threadbare

Example Sentences

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“She began being grateful for the blankets, the only thing she had — and they were threadbare blankets,” Conniff says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

In trying to prevent the goal, Joe Gomez picked up an injury to further deplete Liverpool's already threadbare options at centre-back.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

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

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

Bringing your whole self to work can leave you threadbare, writes Amanda Goetz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

He could see where it was threadbare, the fabric stretched thin.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie