hairbreadth

Example Sentences

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Having completed his radio interview after the Bruins’ hairbreadth victory over Washington, coach Mick Cronin asked a colleague where he could find the one reporter traveling to cover the team.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2025

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

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022

At last year’s games both crushed records, finishing the race within a hairbreadth of each other.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2012

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