Thinning
['θɪnɪŋ] or [θɪn]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thin
Checker: Lyman
Examples
- And then I said Bleak House was thinning fast; and so it was, my dear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then he was looking through the thinning trees and he saw the oiled dark of the road below and beyond it the green slope of the hillside. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Midnight was long past; the concert was over, the crowds were thinning. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Bleak House is thinning fast. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is thinning now and there are small, hard pellets. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Nevertheless, Bleak House is thinning fast, O little woman! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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