Sentence examples for merely a thin from inspiring English sources

As it stands, he is merely a thin man not blinking in a TM Lewin shirt.

The true floodplain deposit, therefore, is merely a thin cap on top of a thick, continuous valley fill.

While it may seem like merely a thin layer coating the extremities of branches, needles, and leaves, the sheer amount of water that can freeze on the surface of plants can be heavy enough to snap tree limbs and take down trunks.

Cooperation is not "merely a thin moral veneer over an otherwise nasty biology" (Frans de Waal).

While create_function exists since PHP 4.0.1, it is merely a thin wrapper around eval that allows normal PHP functions to be created during program execution.

So while some may call it living out loud, in reality, this is merely a thin layer of openness on something so historically private.

Third, fishing cannot be merely a thinning process, but must selectively remove the more susceptible genotypes as a function of their phenotypic expression.

When the "fall" happens, we're forced by tragedy or a failure so deep smashing into the rock bottom of the chasm in our soul that our container is shattered and all the parts of who we thought we were show themselves to merely be a thin shell.

Both models start at only 5.29 pounds and are merely an inch thin, so they can be comfortably transported by hand or in a briefcase or backpack.

But with so much steel in the science building, any brickwork would merely have been a thin cladding.

A lot of walls in hot areas are very thin and are merely some paint on a thin wooden plank.