paper-thin

Example Sentences

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And that’s certainly what she looked like when I first saw her, so shriveled and weak and vulnerable, her skin pale and paper-thin over her cheekbones, her hair creamy white against the pillows.

From Literature

Fanatics, just as it did with the Red Sox jersey, also flagged the paper-thin look of uniforms during the design and manufacturing process.

From Los Angeles Times

The French brasserie with paper-thin radishes, good cultured butter and a pinch of flaky salt.

From Salon

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

Never in this life or her first could she remember feeling this way, like she was a paper-thin vessel for something so hungry and so alive that she could feel it pounding beneath her skin, as if the monster inside her, the monster that was always there, for the first time had a pulse.

From Literature