It was cut wafer-thin. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
wafer-thin sheets of metal. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a wafer-thin slice. From Dictionary.com.
Is wafer-thin model Kate Moss too little of a good thing?. From Wordnik.com. [Moss Gathers Graffiti And Perhaps A New Pal] Reference
She came -- it was a wafer-thin victory by Senator Obama. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2008] Reference
"I'd like 1/3 of a pound of Virginia Ham, cut wafer-thin.". From Wordnik.com. [ana-ng Diary Entry] Reference
In 2004 wafer-thin Mary-Kate Olsen sought treatment for one. From Wordnik.com. [Sorry I'm Skinny] Reference
I lie down on the mattress, which is wafer-thin and stained. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
He fiippefi his wrist and looked at a wafer-thin disc of gold. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test]
A wafer-thin margin of votes cost him the vice presidency in 1976. From Wordnik.com. [Good Man . . . Wrong Job?] Reference
Morgan Stanley, though by only a wafer-thin margin, E uromoney said. From Wordnik.com. [Deutsche Bank Tops Forex- Trading Rankings] Reference
"Hours ago, and what use is wafer-thin biscuit to someone of my size?". From Wordnik.com. [A Kiss For Julie]
"I don't think it gets much use, " Derec said, retrieving a wafer-thin square. From Wordnik.com. [Mirage]
She glanced at the wafer-thin screen, then back at him, her eyes full of apology. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
Granted, The Maw is indeed a wafer-thin repast compared to most games these days. From Wordnik.com. [In Praise of the 3-Hour Game] Reference
Welcome to the Moment of Truth: the wafer-thin mint that explodes the big fat lie. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Dorchen: He Saw It on TV So He Thought It Would Work in Real Life] Reference
His face was pale as he brought up a wafer-thin grey object about two inches long. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Space Beagle]
The shell of the wall, exposed where the door frame had torn away, was wafer-thin. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Anything] Reference
Without waiting for a reply he flicked the wafer-thin latch holding a spray-door shut. From Wordnik.com. [Flinx In Flux]
Modesty put her fingertips on his shoulders, feeling for the wafer-thin edge of the plastic. From Wordnik.com. [Modesty Blaise]
He then lopped off the branches before rendering the tree into a stack of wafer-thin slices. From Wordnik.com. [Massage] Reference
The wafer-thin bones of an elephant's sinus cavities allow the large head to be relatively light. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - The Elite Cemetery: Week 5] Reference
"Last Chance Harvey" is a good chance to see two superb actors having their way with wafer-thin material. From Wordnik.com. ['Button' Bends Time Into Grand Fable] Reference
Ashnod had shoved three feet of wood into a wafer-thin glowing disk, and nothing came out the other side. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
Her step-mother, lingering over hot tea and a wafer-thin slice of pound cake, shook her head with annoyance. From Wordnik.com. [The Otherworld]
Our next president will probably command a wafer-thin majority, and will need moderate and independent allies. From Wordnik.com. [Harold Pollack: Obama, Public Health, and the Real Case for Health Reform] Reference
He was centrist because he could count the wafer-thin majority he struggled to hold in the Senate and the House. From Wordnik.com. [Harold Pollack: Contra Krugman: President Obama Won't be Another Clinton or another Reagan -- He Won't be Another Anybody] Reference
It meant cutting more wafer-thin slices of brown bread and adding wafer-thin slices of smoked Scottish salmon atop. From Wordnik.com. [Phoenix And Ashes]
He published a book -- tellingly wafer-thin and with large type in its hardcover edition -- called "The Connection.". From Wordnik.com. [Spencer Ackerman: Fast and Loose With the Facts] Reference
He left after a dispute in 1998, and now he heads his own company, inventing products like wafer-thin magnetic coatings. From Wordnik.com. [Second Time Around] Reference
Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 bucked the regional trend to close 1.4% higher at 3582.2 in wafer-thin pre-holiday trading. From Wordnik.com. [Nikkei Slumps 2.4% on Weak Auto Shares] Reference
The doctor, plying her with wafer-thin cucumber sandwiches, little iced cakes and tiny meringues, looked at her with approval. From Wordnik.com. [Not Once But Twice]
Ms. Merkel won a wafer-thin victory in the last election in 2005, and was forced to form a ruling coalition with the Social Democrats. From Wordnik.com. [Germany's Downturn Improves Merkel's Prospects] Reference
Faced with the same plummeting retail prices as its rivals, the company last May launched its new "Kuro" line of wafer-thin plasma TVs. From Wordnik.com. [Pioneer Pulls Out] Reference
And she always released the group for shopping directly in front of his booth, pointing out that Hof offered low-mass, wafer-thin rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
But the new systems are struggling with wafer-thin profit margins after a larger-than-expected number of entrants embarked on a price war. From Wordnik.com. [Price Wars Clip Alternative Trade Systems] Reference
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