1
She looked tall for her years, but this was owing to her extreme thinness.
2
I call it a cable, in spite of its extreme thinness, because of its structure.
3
The only trace left of my illness is extreme thinness; my legs are thin as they have never been.
4
By the use of this substance, slices of considerable size and of extreme thinness and transparency may be obtained.
5
The extreme thinness of the esophageal walls must be always in the mind of the esophagoscopist if he would avoid disaster.
6
He opened it, but forgot to read, in consequence of his attention being arrested by the extreme thinness of his hands.
7
The child had a cough, his extreme thinness was emphasized by the coat he wore, several sizes too large for him.
8
Dr. Hooke had succeeded in splitting a mineral substance called mica into films of such extreme thinness as to give brilliant colours.
9
The jockey ascribed the horse's extreme thinness to a system of rigorous training; and the owners did not question the statement in the least.