Sentence examples for getting slim from inspiring English sources

I knew the chances were getting slim".

FAMILY The pickings are getting slim, but then this is what "Brothers and Sisters" is for, right?

Re "Getting Slim Just by Riding the Subway," by Susan Dominus (Big City column, July 17): There is another exercise benefit to riding the subway.

By now, even Beijing acknowledges that the chance "for a political resolution to the Syrian conflict is getting slim," as another piece in the state-run media put it, but it insists, as the headline put it, that "China has no need to change stance".

Though it's still possible to find affordable Egyptian collectibles, the pickings are getting slim: Canning labels and trading cards from the 1890s picturing stylized Egyptian scenes go for $5 to $50. Costume jewelry scarab necklaces from the 1920s are $50 to $150.

The main points, for those too busy to look: they're getting slim enough to be worth a look, the software is maturing to the point where it doesn't feel sloppy, and there is an increasing number of people who can't decide between a tablet and a laptop.

But the odds are getting slimmer with every passing week.

"I'm getting slimmer, Tommy's getting fatter," he said.

"The side profile is getting slimmer," said Howard Shingle, the editor of Hurricane Protection magazine, which tracks the industry.

Trash options are getting slimmer, and towns are scrambling to find a way to pay rising disposal costs.

It is nice to learn how many tonnes of waste are recycled at UPS, and to read that Proctor & Gamble's Pampers are getting slimmer (so using less material).