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Meanings of hairsbreadth in English

Portuguese
cabelo
Catalan
pèl
Spanish
pelo

A very small distance or space.

cabelo
Synonyms
Examples for "hair"
Examples for "hair"
1
Good nutrition assures the best possible environment for building strong, lustrous hair.
Joy bauer's food cures
2
Unfortunately, often the result is not too different to their original hair.
The South African
3
That was a good idea, I mean cuttin' your hair andbleachin' it.
The Outsiders
4
EBONY: Why is it important to use natural hair and skin products?
Ebony
5
He trembled; his hair stood on end; he could not control himself.
Filipino Popular Tales
1
Jeff went upstairs, brushed his teeth, and rubbed on the whisker-removing cream.
Dayworld
2
He twitched his whiskers, gave a good sniff, and rejected the nuggets.
One for the money
3
She could feel the whiskers growing back that he'd shaved that morning.
Austenland
4
I'd be growing whiskers in a couple of years, she told me.
Dangerous Women
5
Oh, and Whiskers is good, but he'll be happy to see you.
Audrey's door
1
Yet they stood by their Covenant; they would not yield an hairbreadth.
Sketches of the Covenanters
2
This surely was a day destined to be signalized by hairbreadth escapes.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
3
All Melton was talking about your reckless riding, and your hairbreadth escapes.
A Prince of Sinners
4
She wanted his lips a hairbreadth away from hers at all times.
The notorious scoundrel
5
How different with him who will not surrender a hairbreadth of truth!
Sketches of the Covenanters
1
Shots were judged to a hair's-breadth, and the judging was perfectly fair.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
2
Society and the sternness of life were, however, but a hair's-breadth away:-
Memories of Hawthorne
3
Delicate to a hair's-breadth, hand and eye true and steady as steel.
A Daughter of the Snows
4
But nothing Pepper said could turn me a hair's-breadth from my purpose.
The Story of a Bad Boy
5
You have missed your calling by something more than a hair's-breadth, Morty.
A Fool for Love
Usage of hairsbreadth in English
1
But the prospect did not turn him a hairsbreadth from his course.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
2
Then I glided to him, literally floating a hairsbreadth off the floor.
A nameless witch
3
Grinning madly, she skidded to a stop a hairsbreadth away from Irial.
Ink Exchange
4
Lucius jumped back, the nymph's fist missing his jaw by a hairsbreadth.
Celtic fire
5
He escaped by a hairsbreadth another clublike blow from those enormous fists.
The girl who played with fire
6
Only a hairsbreadth still separated him from the beasts among whom he dwelt.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
7
Jack nodded, head tilted, holding the lit cigarette a hairsbreadth from his lips.
Exit strategy
8
It flew wide of the mark by a mere hairsbreadth.
Hood
9
Her hand hovered a hairsbreadth above the ridge creasing the fall of his breeches.
Too wicked to kiss
10
If his thoughts strayed a hairsbreadth, it was all over.
Table for five
11
They stood there, glaring at each, a hairsbreadth apart, the tension between them palpable.
Sanctuary
12
He leaned forward, listening, cheek a hairsbreadth from mine.
Exit strategy
13
We've missed our shot by a hairsbreadth and that's the same as missing by miles.
Mr. Standfast
14
The citizens are within a hairsbreadth of erupting into violence at locations all over this planet.
Imperfect Sword
15
It pursued Toot, claws snatching-butmy miniature captain of the guard was always a hairsbreadth ahead.
Turn coat
16
I pressed my wrist against his burned mouth and felt his lips tighten just a hairsbreadth.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
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Translations for hairsbreadth
Portuguese
cabelo
Catalan
pèl
Spanish
pelo
Hairsbreadth through the time