Noun : We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth. From Dictionary.com.
Galapagos penguin is within a 'hairsbreadth' of extinction, according to a new study. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Darwin showed interest in Indian biodiversity: Book] Reference
Outstretched, a hairsbreadth this side of the dark. From Wordnik.com. [Hippolytus/The Bacchae] Reference
I came within a hairsbreadth of murdering that man. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Mr Bloom pursued without flinching a hairsbreadth. —. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
The scant delay, the stay in time that lasts a hairsbreadth. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
The export efforts of the two groups were barely a hairsbreadth apart. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian-American RelationsA Mild Breath of Heresy] Reference
As someone a hairsbreadth away from 55, I think Bruce is rather full of it. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » How Long Does The Whip Snap?] Reference
And in all honestly Dean came within a hairsbreadth of betraying that faith. From Wordnik.com. [Supernatural: Point of No Return - Pink Raygun.com] Reference
At home, she was scolded every time she fell a hairsbreadth short of perfection. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Eisenberg: Mary Christ] Reference
Aahz had the point of his knife hovering a hairsbreadth from the Deveel's throat. From Wordnik.com. [Another Fine Myth]
She finally noticed him when she came within a hairsbreadth of colliding with him. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Waters] Reference
Then, while he was still exhausted, he had come within a hairsbreadth of drowning. From Wordnik.com. [Conan Of The Isles]
The rapier flashed up again, the tip hovering but a hairsbreadth from the pale skin. From Wordnik.com. [Much Ado About Marriage] Reference
He stood, and we ended up toe to toe with little more than a hairsbreadth between us. From Wordnik.com. [Fat Chance] Reference
Not by a hairsbreadth has all that has passed in the interval lowered you in my eyes. From Wordnik.com. [When We Dead Awaken] Reference
A tree trunk smashed to the ground beside Tallakaster, missing him by a hairsbreadth. From Wordnik.com. [Mercadian Masques]
Leon flashed a silver arc, his knife came within a hairsbreadth of taking out Harrys throat. From Wordnik.com. [Gold of Kings] Reference
I came within a hairsbreadth of jumping under a train a horrible, unkind way to kill youself. From Wordnik.com. [cooler heads prevail] Reference
He had a habit of darting them around a wide circle of objects, without turning his head a hairsbreadth. From Wordnik.com. [Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick] Reference
The longer she hung just a hairsbreadth from touching the Power, the worse the desire, the need, would grow. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of Daggers]
Two people can travel side by side without advancing a single hairsbreadth towards acquaintance if they choose. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
Opening the door a hairsbreadth at a time to keep from jerking the wire, he slipped into the room and closed the door. From Wordnik.com. [A STRANGER IS WATCHING] Reference
He was more than once within a hairsbreadth of death but at length he was brought by his master, Kakinathucca, to his home. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
Nor were the Igbos who had lived in Lagos: Chinua Achebe escaped death in Lagos during the massacre of Igbos by a hairsbreadth. From Wordnik.com. [Review] Reference
Resisting the urge to close that hairsbreadth distance and taste his mouth again, she reminded herself that he was her enemy now. From Wordnik.com. [My Soul to Keep] Reference
Mr Bloom pursued without flinching a hairsbreadth. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
But the prospect did not turn him a hairsbreadth from his course. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts] Reference
Her closest was in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics when she was just a hairsbreadth behind Gail. From Wordnik.com. [Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News] Reference
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