Sentence examples for has worn very thin from inspiring English sources

The commission's patience has worn "very thin", a spokesman said tetchily.It seems eminently sensible to try to make the yards profitable again.

(Eight years from now when we're clicking on "Evan Bayh bought three boxes of Girl Scout Cookies from your daughter, even though he doesn't like sweets," the joke will have worn very thin).(Photo credit: AP).

By 1526, the veneer of courtesy expressed in their earlier letters had worn very thin.

And after another season of instability it has now worn very thin.

But the welcome from Houstonians has worn painfully thin.

Civil order has worn dangerously thin already in Dagestan, Chechnya's easterly neighbour.

Credibility has worn thin.

That excuse has worn thin.

But optimism has worn thin.

Today, Milford's charm has worn a bit thin.

The novelty of its convenience has worn thin.