- superlative of thin.
thinnest
Example Sentences
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But I also looked in at myself as a mother through the leaded-glass pane of our very lovely living-room windows, and I saw a washed-out woman worn down to the thinnest thread.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Value is concentrated exactly where capacity is thinnest.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The thinnest part of the phone, the left-side panel, is 3.9 millimeters thick—equivalent to five credit cards—and the device is 12.9 millimeters thick when completely folded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
The Angels’ minor league system is widely regarded as one of baseball’s thinnest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
“What’s your name?” asked the tallest and thinnest of the visitors, a scholarly-looking man with thick gray hair, whose dæmon was a greenfinch.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
