Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slim-jim
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
  • Unlike competitors like Neuralink, which implants a chip into the brain tissue, the company’s thin, flat device is instead placed under the skull directly on top of the brain.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 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
  • The plain and active meaning of the word cannot be diluted by its constriction, as the government would have it, to a narrow term of art.
    TIME Staff, Time, 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
Adjective
  • Passport: Explore the finest destinations and experiences around the world in the Forbes Passport newsletter.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • And written by two of the finest Canadian imports in the TV game: Justified creator Graham Yost and Moira Walley-Beckett, who wrote the Breaking Bad installment Rolling Stone once dubbed the best episode in television history.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Here are the shoes to wear with skinny jeans to look chic in Spring 2025.
    Renata Joffre, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Martinis are flowing and skinny French fries are arriving on small plates.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Slim-jim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slim-jim. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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