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Meanings of slender in English
Synonyms
Examples for "thin"
Examples for "thin"
1
Young and thin, Miss Leroy never gave Olson Read a second thought.
2
She'd gone out with a too-tall, too-thin history major for several months.
3
Still, analysts said given the thin trading volume, volatility will likely prevail.
4
Muhyiddin has had a razor-thin majority since coming to power in March.
5
The not so thin blue line meant sure escape was not possible.
1
Young Nicolaus did admirably, his slight young body going a good distance.
2
But get under way as soon as possible.' Again the slight hesitation.
3
In recent years, Greece's much-criticised pension system has seen a slight improvement.
4
That said; don't allow a slight chill to impact on personal relationships.
5
Women's power to make decisions also showed slight improvement in some cases.
1
Weight cycling was able to restore the health characteristics of lean animals.
2
This project has made talk about empowerment and lean management a reality.
3
While the cardio group lost weight, they also lost lean body mass.
4
In the longer term, an integrated, mandatory, lean procurement structure is necessary.
5
He stood far back, so he had to lean forward to point.
1
Perales said that without government backing the chances of change are slim.
2
He said he was confident the region would keep its slim lead.
3
Protecting a slim lead, the US needed discipline in the second half.
4
You were a hope -however slim -to find Mary Terror.
5
Margins on Iraq's southern projects are slim by comparison, say industry sources.
1
There's 'Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.' That's one of them.
2
Although skinny and in need of food, there were no obvious wounds.
3
I hope the skinny branch is strong enough to hold my weight.
4
Spain are in their new kit: cravats, neckerchiefs and red skinny jeans.
5
Dozens of long, skinny, single-story warehouses run parallel down toward the water.
1
Don't talk, she said, and that lovely voice was reedy and wasted.
2
All the water seems to drain into the reedy swamp and clay-pans.
3
She leans closer to Anna, lowering her voice to a reedy whisper.
4
Their reedy sibilance built steadily until the spaceplane rocked on its undercarriage.
5
Reuel, now throwing one reedy leg over the side of the cab.
Usage of slender in English
1
The Conservative party can form a government but its majority is slender.
2
Eve was slender and delicate, far too precious to risk so pointlessly.
3
A slender boy in grey was waiting for them in the veranda.
4
Then the slender shuttle is passed in and out among the threads.
5
Near the trunk of the cottonwood stood a slender woman in white.
6
Felurian looked up at the slender moon for a moment, then said.
7
Her slender form seemed to have grown in stature and in energy.
8
He was tall and slender and clad in the habiliments of woe.
9
Once more the slender thread of investigation lay broken in her hands.
10
The second was tall and slender, and slow and stately in movement.
11
The door opened slowly under the impulse of the slender womanish hand.
12
Healy stood surprised in the doorway, confronted by the slender young amazon.
13
The slender canoe swung like a hammock in the long, sluggish rollers.
14
They didn't need much to maintain cruising speed in the slender air.
15
Bab had grown taller and more slender in the past few months.
16
Shake opened the padded envelope and slid out the slender glass case.
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Slender through the time
Slender across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common