thinnest
- superlative of thin.
Example Sentences
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But I also looked in at myself as a mother through the leaded-glass pane of our very lovely living-room windows, and I saw a washed-out woman worn down to the thinnest thread.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Value is concentrated exactly where capacity is thinnest.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
"Even the thinnest of chances for a change are no more within the system," said a man in his 30s in the capital, Tehran.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
The thinnest part of the phone, the left-side panel, is 3.9 millimeters thick—equivalent to five credit cards—and the device is 12.9 millimeters thick when completely folded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
The second hand, the thinnest of the three, suddenly snapped and fell out of the clockface completely, bouncing once on the rug and disappearing into the ashes of the hearth.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
