threadbare

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

Dominion asserts that Fox's top brass approved of the coverage, but the network says the evidence of high-level involvement is threadbare.

From Reuters

When Nicklaus won his fourth Masters in 1972 — the year after Dewey died — his borrowed jacket was looking a little threadbare.

From Los Angeles Times

It began with the words, "If you are a Branch Davidian Christ lives on a threadbare piece of land 10 miles east of Waco called Mt. Carmel."

From Salon

Shortly before he took over the office, three prosecutors who were concerned about the inquiry’s pace had taken on other assignments, leaving the team threadbare.

From Seattle Times