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 case against her was threadbare, a product of postwar rancor, false testimony and manipulative journalists who had preyed on her naivete.

From Los Angeles Times

It marks a difficult start for the conservative politician who ran on bold pledges of reviving the stagnant economy, overhauling the threadbare military and toughening immigration policy after years of drift under the previous government.

From Barron's

Bringing my “whole self” to every moment left me threadbare.

From The Wall Street Journal

The claim didn't hold up, as undocumented immigrants are barred from the benefits Democrats are pushing, and polling on its effectiveness is threadbare.

From Barron's