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For someone interested in upending how Americans perceive free speech, Rosenbaum presents a series of paper-thin arguments.
Free Speech Kills!|Michael Moynihan|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Her support is broader than I would like, but it's paper-thin,” Shays says.
Shays’s Rebellion: The Last Yankee Republican Fights For His Political Life|John Avlon|August 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The chest protector was paper-thin with the faded mark of “Spalding” in the top left hand corner.
Pro Sports’ Hero Deficit|Buzz Bissinger|July 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The walls were paper-thin, and he could hear all comings-and-goings at his end of the flophouse.
Exclusive Excerpt: MLK's Haunting Final Hours|Hampton Sides|April 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Clegg won the leadership by a paper-thin majority in late 2007.
Britain's New Political Superstar|Niall Stanage|April 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But I was told that in this country somewhere are Giants with sweet, hard kernels which fill up their paper-thin shell fully.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association
It came apart easily, a shell of paper-thin but remarkably strong metal, protecting the tightly packed contents.
Gold in the Sky|Alan Edward Nourse
The cord had been passed through holes in a square of paper-thin birch bark.
The Secret Cache|E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
This place didn't have anything excepting a lonely shack with paper-thin walls made of special heat-insulating material.
The Minus Woman|Russell Robert Winterbotham
Meantime won't somebody give me another cup of coffee and about a dozen more rashers of that paper-thin bacon?
Camp Venture|George Cary Eggleston

单词	paper-thin
释义	paper-thin [ pey-per-thin ] / ˈpeɪ pərˈθɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR paper-thin ON THESAURUS.COM adjective extremely thin: a paper-thin razor blade. inadequate or unconvincing; flimsy: a paper-thin excuse. Origin of paper-thin First recorded in 1925–30 Words nearby paper-thin paperperson, paper profit, paper-pusher, paper-shelled, paper tape, paper-thin, paper tiger, paper trail, paper-train, paper wasp, paperweight Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for paper-thin For someone interested in upending how Americans perceive free speech, Rosenbaum presents a series of paper-thin arguments. Free Speech Kills!\|Michael Moynihan\|February 3, 2014\|DAILY BEAST “Her support is broader than I would like, but it's paper-thin,” Shays says. Shays’s Rebellion: The Last Yankee Republican Fights For His Political Life\|John Avlon\|August 13, 2012\|DAILY BEAST The chest protector was paper-thin with the faded mark of “Spalding” in the top left hand corner. Pro Sports’ Hero Deficit\|Buzz Bissinger\|July 6, 2011\|DAILY BEAST The walls were paper-thin, and he could hear all comings-and-goings at his end of the flophouse. Exclusive Excerpt: MLK's Haunting Final Hours\|Hampton Sides\|April 24, 2010\|DAILY BEAST Clegg won the leadership by a paper-thin majority in late 2007. Britain's New Political Superstar\|Niall Stanage\|April 20, 2010\|DAILY BEAST But I was told that in this country somewhere are Giants with sweet, hard kernels which fill up their paper-thin shell fully. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting\|Northern Nut Growers Association It came apart easily, a shell of paper-thin but remarkably strong metal, protecting the tightly packed contents. Gold in the Sky\|Alan Edward Nourse The cord had been passed through holes in a square of paper-thin birch bark. The Secret Cache\|E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill This place didn't have anything excepting a lonely shack with paper-thin walls made of special heat-insulating material. The Minus Woman\|Russell Robert Winterbotham Meantime won't somebody give me another cup of coffee and about a dozen more rashers of that paper-thin bacon? Camp Venture\|George Cary Eggleston Words related to paper-thin wispy, slim, flimsy, delicate, translucent, cardboard, disposable, sheer, slight, attenuate, rarefied, refined, attenuated, insubstantial, papery, wafer-thin, diaphanous, filmy, gossamer, permeable
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