thin
Example Sentences
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Forbidden to go to the forest, she flew there in the thin light of the sunrise, before Leonor was awake.
From Literature
“Goodness, you’re thin. A duck’s leg has more meat on it.”
From Literature
Like the metal leash, "we are protected by an unreliable, thin chain of ethics. And if it's cut off, we will be killed by this technology," said Todo.
From Barron's
The small piece of carved thin bone bears an inscription.
From BBC
He said that the declining numbers were proof that a depleted department, stretched thin by low recruitment numbers and recent protests and wildfires, was still performing admirably.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
