thinness

Example Sentences

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However, their extreme thinness also creates a challenge.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

“This can’t be happening,” I wail, my hands shaking as I feel the unprecedented thinness of my ponytail.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

The body-positivity movement got a major boost in the early 2000s, when Unilever marketing executive Silvia Lagnado proposed a bold Dove campaign emphasizing self-acceptance rather than the usual aspirational quest for uniform thinness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

After a short interlude of pushing "body inclusivity" and plus-sized models to the fore, the fashion industry has returned to promoting thinness as a beauty ideal.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Grandma greeted him kindly, for he was ashamed of his thinness and weakness.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich