hairbreadth

Example Sentences

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In a theater dependent on exaggerated storylines — hairbreadth escapes, implausible coincidences and either conclusively happy or disastrous endings — how can the momentousness of ordinary life be captured?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

We all finished, and within a hairbreadth of our goal times.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022

But all the high living has often seemed just a hairbreadth away from a police raid or government crackdown.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2014

So, with a single, hairbreadth victory between the two coming in, the Huskies prevailed, 30-21.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2011

The Red Viper had even tried to defend the Imp, had come within a hairbreadth of a victory that would have allowed the dwarf to escape the blame for Joffrey’s murder.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin