thin
[θɪn]
Definition:
1. Having a smaller distance between opposite sides.
2. Very narrow.
3. Not fat.
Use 'thin' in a sentence:
- 1. A thin cable carries the signal to a computer.
- 2. The gold is beaten out into thin strips.
- 3. The plant's stem is marked with thin green longitudinal stripes.
- 4. A thin layer of dust covered everything.
- 5. His mouth tightened into a thin line.
- 6. I'm tall and thin and he's short and fat.
- 7. Don't spread it too thin.
- 8. She was pitifully thin.
- 9. He is small and very thin and has pale-white skin.
- 10. She was a thin, nervous girl.
- 11. I like my bread sliced thin.
- 12. Cut the meat into thin slices.
- 13. You're too thin. You're not eating properly.
- 14. She's not thin ─ if anything she's on the plump side.
- 15. She may be thin, but she eats like a horse.
- 16. She's not thin—if anything she's on the plump side.
- 17. The dog was painfully thin.
- 18. These thin crystals transmit much of the power.
- 19. She was very thin, almost to the point of emaciation.
- 20. She swathed her enormous body in thin black fabrics.
- 21. She was pathetically thin.
- 22. Steve is tall and thin and has brown hair.
- 23. Cut the vegetables into thin strips.
- 24. She's tall and thin.
- 25. A number of thin cracks appeared in the wall.
- 26. They fought their way through where the smoke was thinner.
- 27. James's face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.
- 28. The ice is too thin to bear your weight.
- 29. These excuses are wearing a little thin.
- 30. He was a tall, thin man with grey hair.
- 31. She was looking pale and thin.
- 32. Her lips compressed into a thin line.
- 33. He is as thin as a rake.
- 34. Her gown was thin, and she shivered, partly from cold.
- 35. The body was hidden beneath a thin layer of soil.
- 36. He was tall and thin, with dark hair.
- 37. Helen's hands were thin and veined.
- 38. He gave a thin smile.
- 39. The first skis were long, thin strips of hickory.
- 40. The belt is invisible even under the thinnest garments.
- 41. The sauce was thin and tasteless.
- 42. My patience is wearing thin.
- 43. Their arguments all sound a little thin to me.
- 44. Customers are thin on the ground at this time of year.
- 45. He's starting to get a little thin on top.
- 46. The sheets have worn thin.
- 47. His nose was thin and sharp.
- 48. He has a large body, but thin legs.
- 49. She came out of the ordeal looking thin and worn.
- 50. It was crazy of you to go skating on such thin ice.
- 51. His shirt hung loosely over his thin shoulders.
- 52. At last, a women's magazine to explode the myth that thin equals beautiful.