Sentence examples for thin on some from inspiring English sources

But Damanhur's ardent work ethic and spiritual zeal wears thin on some of the group's teenagers.

The trade at midday is so thin on some days that Mr. Bilson occasionally mulls shutting Ampersand for lunch.

Rosetti has become a polarizing character on "Boardwalk" whose schtick is wearing thin on some viewers, but now that he's officially declared war on Nucky, we soon will find out how tough he really is.

Suffice to say that many people I know (working above and below the line) were already living on a knife-edge after the writer's strike, but now that work remains so thin on the ground, some of them are planning to move back to their hometowns.

You're stretching your credibility thin on that one.

But there's enough in his thin resume on some cases that pertain to abortion rights, Planned Parenthood funding, a powerhouse federal judiciary, and most menacingly the strictest of strict reading of the constitutionalism, branded "originalism," to serve as fair warning of what's to come if he gets on the SCOTUS.

For these elements – a mob that includes indium, lithium and "rare earths" like dysprosium – are not necessarily thin on the ground, although some, such as tellurium, are.

But home-grown Russian talent is thin on the ground, leading some to wonder if this truly is a Russian version of Comic Con or just another advertisement for westernisation.

We may be short of composers, and in some centuries thin on painters, but we have whole teams of top-class writers.

While the document is expected to be relatively thin on detail, it will provide some perspective on Nasdaq's role on listing day and the effect its actions had on the stock's trading activity, the person briefed on the matter said.

It is, sadly, thin on policy detail.