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
Inside the cavity of the horse’s body, under a flashlight’s glare, one sees sinuous sections of cast bronze bolted together with such precision that the hairbreadth seams are almost invisible from the exterior.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2013
So, with a single, hairbreadth victory between the two coming in, the Huskies prevailed, 30-21.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2011
He packed Us scanty traps, not understanding what had happened, but feeling that he had escaped calamity by a hairbreadth.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
