threadbare

Example Sentences

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Years of squeezed spending in some areas leaving some parts of the public services threadbare.

From BBC

The production is first-rate, the period work never rings false, crowd scenes are not threadbare, and choice D.C. locations keep the weirdness real.

From Los Angeles Times

The painful fact is that, to many in South Korea, the American security blanket feels a little threadbare these days.

From Washington Post

I think they were among the ones that I went back to again and again until the paperbacks were sort of threadbare.

From Salon

Critics say the promise is becoming increasingly threadbare in recent years after the enactment of the security law in 2020.

From Seattle Times