How to Use thinner in a Sentence

thinner

noun

• The cats knocked over a can of my paint thinner, said Bianca.
  — New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
• This means get any blood thinners out of the body and control the blood pressure.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 9 Oct. 2017
• In building a step for the bed, anything thinner wouldn’t have held body weight.
  — Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 14 Oct. 2022
• The doctors put her on blood thinners and advised her that one bad fall could lead to death.
  — Adam Turer, Cincinnati.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• None of his usual tricks could help him get any thinner.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022
• The thinner, the better for the wooden planks so that nothing too heavy drags the hula hoops down.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2023
• Unlike clots in the legs and lungs, they must be treated through surgery, rather than blood thinners, Haut said.
  — Author: Sean Sullivan, Lenny Bernstein, Alaska Dispatch News, 18 July 2017
• And a few years after that, blood thinners used to treat a clot caused the tumors to hemorrhage.
  — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• In short, the games have been tighter, margin of victory thinner.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Jan. 2023
• She was taken back into surgery and put on blood thinners.
  — Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• There it was laced with rat poison, which had the effect of taking high doses of blood thinners.
  — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• In another building there were dozens of cans of paint thinner.
  — Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2021
• For those who care, the crust for pan pizza tends to be breadier and thicker, while deep-dish has taller sides and a thinner, crunchier base.
  — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• Look for color: For crisp cookies, roll thinner (about 1/8-inch), and bake until golden along the edges.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2023
• The group also plans to study the effect of blood thinners for patients who are not sick enough to be hospitalized.
  — NBC News, 6 May 2020
• A bottle of prop booze somehow gets replaced by paint thinner.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2017
• Back at home, Taylor Nielsen reunited a now-thinner Thistle with his sister, Rye, keeping the two of them in the garage with the door closed.
  — Kate Santich, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• To get the watercolor look, mix glass paint with a few drops of paint thinner, and paint freehand designs on your vase with an acrylic brush.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2022
• Garcia was placed on blood thinners and lost a significant amount of weight.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• Next, dab the stain with paint thinner (the type recommended on the paint can’s label) from the back side of the fabric with a clean rag or white paper towel.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 22 Oct. 2020
• Auburn’s depth at the Jack linebacker position just got a little thinner.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 29 Apr. 2023
• Benny’s stores were known for their distinctive smell — a blend of inner tubes, motor oil and paint thinner, with just a hint of bug spray.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• In a white dog or unaged whiskey, these have aromas that include overripe fruit and paint thinner and vinegar.
  — Christopher Null, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2015
• The wide receiver, linebacker and safety rooms in Ann Arbor are all now one spot thinner.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
• Abd El Aty was first put on blood thinners to reduce the risk of a pulmonary embolism during the transfer, according to her blog.
  — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2017
• He was hospitalized for four days and was treated with blood thinners.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com, 7 July 2017
• The screen on the 42 mm version seems just as big as the 45 mm because of a thinner, almost nonexistent bezel that is tucked under the crystal and angled toward the case.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2022
• For a desktop machine, making the iMac thinner feels more like an artistic move than a practical one.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
• Egg whites are what give an omelet its signature puff; omitting them would surely result in a thinner, denser round.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
• Clark, who had a heart condition and was on blood thinners, was conscious and walking around when paramedics arrived that morning.
  — Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 18 June 2018

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024