thinnest
Example Sentences
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A 120,000-year-old deer skeleton, also discovered in Germany, shows a spear wound where the pelvic bone was thinnest, suggesting that the hunter knew exactly where to aim.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
It was believed to be the time when the veil between the living and the dead was at its thinnest and spirits roamed the earth.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
National analysts continue to rank their farm system as one of baseball’s thinnest; the Angels scoff and say they like their prospects.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2025
After weeks of wrangling, the House passed the bill last week by the thinnest of margins.
From Slate • May 29, 2025
She and Uncle Vernon went off to the lumpy bed next door, and Harry was left to find the softest bit of floor he could and to cud up under the thinnest, most ragged blanket.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
