threadbare

Example Sentences

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Years of squeezed spending in some areas leaving some parts of the public services threadbare.

From BBC

The case against her was threadbare, a product of postwar rancor, false testimony and manipulative journalists who had preyed on her naivete.

From Los Angeles Times

She mumbled her threadbare story about being the cousin of England’s queen, but her heart was not in it, and she fell silent.

From Literature

Bringing my “whole self” to every moment left me threadbare.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wednesday are second bottom of the Championship with six points from nine games after a torrid period off the field has left them with a threadbare squad.

From BBC