Example sentences for: thin

How can you use “thin” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Most statues in Buddhist temples are molded of clay with a thin overlay of gold, so these giant jade works attract curiosity seekers as well as worshippers.

  • It seemed as if Gore's thin hard carapace of impenetrability has been replaced by a thick, smooth gelatinous coating that is equally impenetrable.

  • Those in the American press are usually dry and thin and fail to catch the personality of a man or woman.

  • This campaign has featured a nicely symmetrical ensemble of youthful gaffers and aging youngsters, each team starring one white head and one brown, one thick body and one thin, one mobile frame and one stiff.

  • Idioms are frequently fossilized metaphors: the thin red line , which lies at the back of this piece of wordplay, means the heroic resistance of the few against many, and originally described a regiment of redcoated highlanders at the battle of Balaclava.


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