How to Use "Thin" with Example Sentences

thin (adj): not fat or thick

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Used with verbs:

"Her legs look thin."
(look, be: are/is/am)

"She is getting too thin."
(be + getting, be + becoming, be + growing)

"How do you stay so thin?"
(stay)

"He used thin paper."
(used)

"The fabric feels too thin."
(feels, seems)

"The walls sounded paper thin."
(sounded, felt, appeared, seemed)

Used with adverbs:

"The model is extremely thin."
(extremely, too, very, fairly)

"Her frame is frighteningly thin."
(frighteningly, scarily)

Used with prepositions:

"The dress was made with thin fabric."
(with)

"The hut is made with thin leaves."
(with, up of)

Used with nouns:

"He drew thin lines."
(lines)

"She has thin legs."
(legs, lips, arms, hair)

"He was cold because all he had was a thin jacket."
(jacket, coat, blanket)