Sentence examples for based on thin air from inspiring English sources

The result was that banks' assets ballooned, but were increasingly based on thin air.

Of course, Mr. Timberlake's portrayal of Mr. Parker wasn't based on thin air.

This ranges from scam sites to the endless bogus theories based on thin air and an ARG.

The explanation was complicated and based on thin evidence.

The plane dropped him in a third country, leaving the spies to pounce on thin air.

Only a churl would point out that this is a plan built on thin air.

It was running on thin air.

"This figure is based on fine particulate air pollution, PM2.5.

On Monday, the prosecution argued its case based on the thinnest of circumstantial evidence.

Joe Mantegna faces some tough opponents tonight in "Thin Air," a new A&E movie based on one of Robert B. Parker's detective novels.

Jon Krakauer's best-selling book Into Thin Air, based on the Mount Everest disaster in 1996, was very controversial on release.