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Meanings of as flimsy in English

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Usage of as flimsy in English
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Tonight, as flimsy as they are, she is glad to have them.
Boston noir
2
Brazil's case, all the same, is as flimsy as cigarette paper.
The Guardian
3
People thought the new frames looked as flimsy as the baskets they resembled.
A place of my own: the architecture of daydreams
4
She dismisses the restraints of practicality and time and distance as flimsy obstacles.
Within arm's reach
5
He experimented with many schemes, but threw them aside one by one as flimsy.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
6
They wanted a light sort of binding, with flexible boards as flimsy as paper almost.
The Aspirations of Jean Servien
7
It looked as flimsy as a matchstick cabin.
Mysterious Skin
8
In addition to protection from the elements, umbrellas have been used as flimsy shields against pepper spray.
Reuters
9
The crowns were not as flimsy as they looked, and were reasonably comfortable once they were adjusted.
Shade's children
10
The wingback chair, already taxed by two occupants-neitherof whom could be described as flimsy in physique-swayedalarmingly.
Soulless
11
What I'd thought of as reality was nothing but a scrim, as flimsy as an old nylon stocking.
Revival
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While it starts out as flimsy paper, thanks to resin, fiberglass, and Bondo, the end result is amazingly sturdy.
Wired
13
The abstraction in my next example is less simple, but is quite as flimsy as a weapon of attack.
The Meaning of Truth
14
And now I had a witness to the crime, albeit one whose story was as flimsy as a bride's negligé.
A knife edge
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Some of the deductive dot-joining might come across as flimsy, but Walsh's authoritative knowledge and sharp wit override such concerns.
The Irish Times
16
The partition between this sitting room and that little bedroom is only an artificial one-somethingalmost as flimsy as a screen.
Peter Ruff and the Double Four
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