Sentence examples for exceedingly slim from inspiring English sources

His chances of being drafted are exceedingly slim, though.

But Mr. Anderson said his room for profit is exceedingly slim.

"Any terrorist who threatens to kill thousands of civilians must know that his chances of political and physical survival are exceedingly slim.

The scientists caution, however, that the odds that they will actually confirm the existence of an alien civilization are exceedingly slim.

The Giants' playoff hopes are exceedingly slim -- they would most likely have to win their last six games to qualify -- and Fassel deals with questions about his job after every loss.

Attorneys for Yukos say the $100 billion they are seeking would be the largest arbitration award ever, though analysts unrelated to the case say the chances of collecting a sum equal to about 10percentt of Russia's gross domestic product are exceedingly slim.

As if the likelihood of Traylor being befriended by a well-off white man unafraid of the state's Jim Crow laws regarding interracial fraternization weren't in themselves slim, the chances were exceedingly slimmer that such a man would spend more than a moment studying the "scribblings" of an infirmed vagrant.

Phyllis Zicherman — a neighbor who lives in the same apartment complex as Mr. Tarloff, on 60th Avenue in Corona, Queens — said Mr. Tarloff had been a slim, dapper and exceedingly neatly dressed teenager.

We now know that the chances of descendants of victims filing successful claims are slim, and the watermark for overcoming the statute of limitations is exceedingly high, as is the amount of historical evidence and expert forensic analysis.

Last month, perusing the library of an exceedingly famous cook, my eye fell upon a volume called Eat Fat and Grow Slim, and it was as if a spell had been broken.

The best they could do was cite Feinberg's exceedingly limited powers to restrict excessive payouts to the top executives of TARP recipients (which he used last week to slim part of Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis' outlandish exit package).