paper-thin
Example Sentences
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This enduring fascination may stem as much from the paper-thin line that separates the two states as it does from our deep-seated fear of both.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
In Tegucigalpa, the nation’s capital from which Hernández left in chains in 2022, Asfura held a paper-thin lead Monday in Honduras’s presidential race.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Revealing a boundary as fragile as this paper-thin clay layer required painstaking work.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025
Sweeney has a tough enough job cut out for her trying to act her way out of a paper-thin script, but this one-note, ridiculously monotone performance does her no favors.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
All of its internal life exists within three paper-thin layers of tissue—the phloem, xylem, and cambium—just beneath the bark, which together form a moist sleeve around the dead heartwood.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
