onion skin

Example Sentences

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Johnson certainly delights in creating puzzling distractions, but even if his film is as deep as a layer of onion skin, it is immensely engaging.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2022

I save a lot of stuff; every bone from a chicken or cow or whatever gets saved in the freezer, also with every end of a carrot or onion skin, it all goes into broth.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2019

The tiny editions are the size of a cellphone and no thicker than your thumb, with paper as thin as onion skin.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2018

The papers, some made from onion skin, are currently in Philadelphia, where they are being preserved and copied.

From Washington Times • May 21, 2017

Black leather with gold-edged pages, each one thin as a bit of onion skin.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez