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 anti-vaccine camp has seized on the threadbare shibboleths of “medical freedom” and “health freedom” — or “bodily autonomy,” as Vance put it.

From Los Angeles Times

Etero manages a threadbare convenience store in a provincial village and spends most of her time alone, chasing birds and picking blackberries.

From New York Times

Critics said that it illustrated that Beijing’s promise to retain Hong Kong’s Western-style civil liberties for 50 years when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997 was becoming increasingly threadbare.

From Seattle Times

The vaguely midcentury modern design, replete with hot tub, made for eminently comfortable digs — though threadbare towels and noisy landscapers detracted from the stay.

From Seattle Times