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Meanings of wear thin in English

Portuguese
desgastar
Catalan
desgastar

Deteriorate through use or stress.

        desgastar
        Usage of wear thin in English
        1
        But if the situation continues to degenerate, that insulation might wear thin.
        Reuters
        2
        Why do you wear thin and fray the delicious tie between you?
        Five Nights: A Novel
        3
        Duncan smiled, though he knew his patience for this would quickly wear thin.
        Blind Man's Alley
        4
        The masks, however, wear thin and the madness reveals itself.
        Valis
        5
        Of course you wear thin, but not the thinnest, clothing.
        Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands
        6
        But the joke that the government has been playing is starting to wear thin.
        The Guardian
        7
        But the way Osborne is layering on this rhetoric is beginning to wear thin now.
        The Guardian
        8
        But the interest is likely to wear thin after the first few years of it.
        The Great Amulet
        9
        But the German public's admiration for Blair, the shining moderniser, is beginning to wear thin.
        The Guardian
        10
        The excitement of adventure was starting to wear thin.
        Halo Cryptum
        11
        On Thursday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg repeated a Facebook talking point that's beginning to wear thin.
        Wired
        12
        We have waited so long already - and now our patience is starting to wear thin.
        The Irish Times
        13
        The excitement of the moment began to wear thin, as the bitter cold penetrated my clothing.
        The ghost chronicles
        14
        The instant gratification of choosing a colourful character to lighten dark days would soon wear thin.
        The Guardian
        15
        Further experiment will convince him that he can wear thin underwear and low shoes all winter.
        Why Worry?
        16
        They can be worn but never wear thin.
        The Guardian
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