The thinness of a rope. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He disliked the thinness of the soup. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The Air meets, if not succeeds, expectations, and "the thinness is a big plus," Kay says. From Wordnik.com. [New Apple laptop: MacBook Air] Reference
Extreme thinness is fairly obviously unhealthy, as is extreme obesity. From Wordnik.com. [I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing] Reference
K. also mentioned, in post 33, that thinness is part of natural physical attraction. From Wordnik.com. [Guilty pleasures. « A Bird’s Nest] Reference
"We just have this crazy idea that thinness is good and fatness is bad," Mr. Blair said. From Wordnik.com. [For CC, Weight Is Just a Number] Reference
There was the danger of the noted "thinness" -- which was to be averted, tooth and nail, by cultivation of the lively. From Wordnik.com. [The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1] Reference
There was the danger of the noted "thinness" -- which was to be averted, tooth and nail, by cultivation of the lively. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary American Literature Bibliographies and Study Outlines] Reference
Post-break-up, I still clung to the idea that my thinness was a virtue, that I was a saintly modern day fasting girl of Northeast Portland. From Wordnik.com. [Cortney Harding: Running On Empty] Reference
We depict the brass ring of "thinness" everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Obesity: Overeating Is Planned and Designed Into Our Foods] Reference
Is it really true that extreme 'thinness' is popular in South Korea now?. From Wordnik.com. [The New Beginning] Reference
They perpetuate the illusion that only when you achieve "thinness," will you be beautiful, adored and loved. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Archer: Skinny Reporting Misses the Point of Ralph Lauren Boycott] Reference
His thinness is almost ascetic. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 28] Reference
I also think the flawed electronic trading system has added to the "thinness". From Wordnik.com. [The Wall Street Examiner] Reference
Leaving this bizarre critique aside, is Lee right that "thinness" is what makes some libertarians too pro-IP?. From Wordnik.com. [Against Monopoly] Reference
His tonal web is always densely woven -- he avoids "thinness" as he avoids the banal phrase and the futile decoration. From Wordnik.com. [Edward MacDowell] Reference
It makes for a kind of thinness in the general impression, wherever the personal force of the writer is not remarkable. From Wordnik.com. [The Craft of Fiction] Reference
(There was a thinness in his voice as he said it.). From Wordnik.com. [Jew] Reference
He was short and thin, but it was a deceptive thinness. From Wordnik.com. [You Should Worry Says John Henry] Reference
Certainly Apple has fulfilled its goals in terms of thinness. From Wordnik.com. [The Skinny on the MacBook Air] Reference
Dechartre of the girl who laughed in her pretty pathetic thinness. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Where else is there anything like it, for sincerity and for thinness?. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
I then went on to remark that as another result of the thinness of the. From Wordnik.com. [To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story] Reference
Drew with some deliberation, noting his thinness, itemizing his shabbiness. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
(Click on the image below, left, for a closer look at the XEL-1's thinness.). From Wordnik.com. [Sony XEL-1: Our first impressions of OLED TV] Reference
I am afraid thy love is of the morning cloud thinness, and will soon pass away. '. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Size is particularly desired with this species, but thinness of shell counts high. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
But I liked the color of her hair, the thinness of her neck, and sound of her laugh. From Wordnik.com. [Separate] Reference
While the relative thinness of the infant's sole might be pointed to as the effect of. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
Lady Wolfer's eyes filled with tears as she noticed the thinness and pallor of the face. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
We do well to beware of a so-called "breadth," which is but a pet euphemism for thinness. From Wordnik.com. [Men in the Making] Reference
It was the thinness of the atmosphere that made them appear so near the earth, we were told. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
There were no briefing papers spelling out the caveats about the thinness of the intelligence. From Wordnik.com. [TONY KNOWS BEST] Reference
Even a healthy disregard for the American obsession with thinness worked against the families. From Wordnik.com. [The Cultural War On Diabetes] Reference
For self-professed audiophiles, the increasing thinness of flat-panel TVs could be cause for concern. From Wordnik.com. [When TV sound is disappointing, home-theater systems can help] Reference
A frightful contraction distorted the corners of his mouth, and exaggerated the thinness of his cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The link between worthiness and abstinence – or, in reality, thinness – was unmistakably demarcated. From Wordnik.com. [Arabella Weir: I weighed my parents' love on the bathroom scales] Reference
Body mass index (BMI) was devised to measure obesity, and conclusions drawn about thinness have been misleading. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Is being skinny risky?] Reference
It wasn't just their thinness that triggered these thoughts -- after all, there are plenty of healthy, naturally thin women. From Wordnik.com. [Adia Colar: What Michelle Obama Can Teach Us That Models Can't (1 Year Later)] Reference
The small, pointed beard then worn augmented the appearance of thinness in his face, while it added to its melancholy expression. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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