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Recent Examples of paper-thin But for anyone not predisposed to enjoy this sort of thing, the film is a long haul, suffering from a simultaneously overstuffed and paper-thin narrative that, toward the conclusion, features enough revelations and plot twists to make Agatha Christie throw up her hands. Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025 My dad’s dosas were perfection—paper-thin, lacey, crispy, filling. Urmila Ramakrishnan, Bon Appétit, 1 Mar. 2025 Running Point has a paper-thin relationship with its pro-basketball setting, which the show populates with threadbare archetypes who feel like template imports from Ted Lasso. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025 Along with a raft of paper-thin caricatures, a roster that includes gossip show host Clara (Juliette Lewis) and online influencer Emily (Stephanie Suganami), Ariel is thrown into what is clearly a bad situation from the jump. Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paper-thin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper-thin
Adjective
  • The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Ibrahim had black hair and looked thin from malnutrition.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • On Saturday, the narrow field caused both teams to adapt to tighter spaces and quicker play.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • In a narrow scope, medical marijuana could benefit people, Redman said.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The three super skinny pen tips can go from creating impossibly slender, seemingly real brow strokes to a cluster of freckles across the cheeks much like a stamp.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
  • But Cummings prefers to mail the slender tubes back to Crown Bees, which will care for them over the winter.
    Martha Ann Overland, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025

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“Paper-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper-thin. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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