wear thin

“I like decorating my slaves,” she said, referencing the rope, her thin, crimson-coated lips peeling off her front teeth.

This has a warm though a thin soil, which must be highly favorable to the Vine to induce so exclusive a devotion to it.

She fixed her imploring eyes on the Virgin's face and on the saints; but all seemed to her to wear a forbidding look.

At home Liszt doesn't wear his long abb's coat, but a short one, in which he looks much more artistic.

The Princess was pale and thin; and, though dressed superbly, seemed fitter for her chamber.

Her thin and narrow hands held the balcony railing rather tightly.