Sentence examples for paper thin from inspiring English sources

"paper thin" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means something that is extremely thin and delicate, like a sheet of paper. Example: The ice on the lake was paper thin, making it dangerous for anyone to walk on.

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"My skin is paper thin.

The pasta is paper thin.

Arches that look paper thin.

"The walls were paper thin.

He called the adjoining walls paper thin.

"The walls are paper thin," Suke added.

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The difference between the sides is cigarette-paper thin now.

Slice paper-thin.

Slice paper-thin, vertically.

Their skin was paper-thin.

But the conviction is paper-thin.

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