threadbare

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

But even so, her recent flailings suggest her act is getting a little threadbare.

From Salon

In 2016, Trump, thinking he had little chance of winning Iowa, kept his operation in the state threadbare.

From Reuters

Republican dysfunction did not end with a collective sigh of relief and the election of a House speaker whose credentials are threadbare or nonexistent.

From Salon

Friedman’s season-long acceptance of a threadbare rotation haunted them with the worst first three postseason starts — 4 2/3 innings total — in major league history.

From Los Angeles Times