Sentence examples for for the flimsy from inspiring English sources

Now for the flimsy political reason.

Substitute one for the flimsy silver clasp on most pearls, she suggested, and you have a piece that looks much richer -- a ringer for Van Cleef & Arpels.

Some of his arguments around the ban have not stood up to close scrutiny and many observers have been disappointed by how quickly he reaches for the flimsy "compensation culture" argument to back up his case.

But a Texas private remained confident even in 1864 that Confederate victory would prevent this from happening, because "we are fighting for matters real and tangible … our property and our homes … they for matters abstract and intangible … for the flimsy and abstract idea that a negro is equal to an Anglo American".

The find, reported in today's issue of Nature, may point to a bony ancestor for the flimsy fish.

NONONO admits jet lag but it's no excuse for the flimsy sound, chirpy pop-rock and fact that Wappling can't stay on key.

In a 1996 opinion, an Illinois appellate judge, exasperated by "the charade that has become the Batson process," catalogued some of the flimsy reasons for striking jurors that judges had accepted as "race-neutral": too old, too young; living alone, living with a girlfriend; over-educated, lack of maturity; unemployed, employed as a barber; and so on.

Hare attests to the fact that games can be ditched for the flimsiest of reasons.

The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act meant that free blacks could be seized for the flimsiest reason.

But the end may now be in sight for the flimsiest of plastic bags after China pledged to ban them from June.

Since the film has clearly been built around its title, the snakes are on crack and on that plane for the flimsiest of reasons.