Examples of 'threadbare' in a sentence
Meaning of "threadbare"
Threadbare - (adjective) Threadbare describes something, usually fabric or clothing, that is worn out and thin due to long-term use.
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- shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show
- damaged or shabby
- wearing clothes of threadbare material
- banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed
How to use "threadbare" in a sentence
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Unrealistic and with a threadbare character arc.
The taxpayers pockets are getting rather threadbare.
Threadbare cleaning room has no end.
Nothing says victory like threadbare flannel.
Their threadbare lives and struggles.
My clothes became more and more threadbare.
As threadbare sleeve or torn off knob.
Then her assurances are as threadbare as her honor.
He asked the threadbare owners why they were so content.
They suffer and the albums are threadbare.
The idea is threadbare and old.
The details we had to work with were threadbare.
The threadbare traditions that are maintained.
The excuses have been worn threadbare.
Alone in a threadbare woven field.
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The union is also a little threadbare.
Our bells are worn threadbare with the ringing of victories.
The furniture and bed linen were also threadbare.
The world is threadbare enough.
Your welcome is getting pretty threadbare.
His threadbare overcoat is often the butt of their jokes.
My selection of malts is getting a bit threadbare.
Its so threadbare its a joke.
Just a kind of rape on a threadbare velvet.
Their clothes were threadbare and some of their garments were torn.
It was many years old and had a threadbare crown.
Her clothes were threadbare and her shoes had holes.
In many places his fleece is threadbare.
Such threadbare claims are merely intended for public consumption.
Just a sort of rape on threadbare velvet.
I almost wore my threadbare robe that can not contain my breasts.
An older man answered in threadbare clothing.
Threadbare though it may be.
My copy of the book is almost threadbare.
This was a threadbare empire.
I wore mine until they were threadbare.
No threadbare psychological baggage.
It all makes for a rather threadbare paper trail.
Threadbare slacks and faded silk ties were added to the shirts.
The arguments in support of the bill were pretty threadbare.
They were busy squandering our threadbare patrimony on the atom.
This threadbare strand has roped me in for the last time.
Perhaps your plot is a little threadbare.
We will be replacing the threadbare sofa but no idea what colour to choose.
He wore it until it was almost threadbare.
This was thus nothing but a threadbare excuse to avoid answering the question.
Nothing could be more fallacious than the threadbare argument.
Someone will loot us threadbare Only then you will learn a lesson.
I am worn thin and threadbare.
There is no indication that the threadbare Libyan government is going to question its saviors.
