Sentence examples for a thin stretch of from inspiring English sources

The Shatt al Arab is a thin stretch of water that separates Iraq from Iran's southern border.

From Ardara, we took an 12-mile extension to the planned route west to Loughros Point, a thin stretch of land jutting out into an Atlantic bay, where waves rolled for hundreds of yards through shockingly bright blue waters.

There'd be stretches of surfaced roads and often there'd be a cycle path or a pavement and sometimes a thin stretch of something smoother.

The thin stretch of barren land, lodged on the border between Syria and Iraq, fulfilled many of the traditional stereotypes of a refugee camp.

Splendid's gauchos are made of thin, stretch cotton jersey with a raw-edged hem and fold-over waistband (available in black or brown for $85 at Intermix boutiques).

A thin cloth stretched over the top of the box prevented the insects from escaping and to distribute the sunlight evenly.

Before laying down the six willow panels that will form the roof, Beard and I stretch a thin gauze of white organdy across the top, which will provide the baby kissing bugs with easy access to any one of the hut's four corners.

Stretch a thin skin of mozzarella around a voluptuous filling of mozzarella rags and cream, and how can that be bad?

The higher quality tefillin, namely dakkot ("thin"), made by stretching a thin piece of leather, and the more durable gassot ("thick") are both fashioned from the single piece of hide.

You'll see a thin membrane of solution stretched over the hole.

It's the worst stretch, with a thin layer of asphalt and in some places no new pavement at all.