How to Use thinner in a Sentence

thinner

noun
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  • The cats knocked over a can of my paint thinner, said Bianca.
    — New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
  • This means get any blood thinners out of the body and control the blood pressure.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 9 Oct. 2017
  • In building a step for the bed, anything thinner wouldn’t have held body weight.
    — Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The doctors put her on blood thinners and advised her that one bad fall could lead to death.
    — Adam Turer, Cincinnati.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • None of his usual tricks could help him get any thinner.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The thinner, the better for the wooden planks so that nothing too heavy drags the hula hoops down.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Unlike clots in the legs and lungs, they must be treated through surgery, rather than blood thinners, Haut said.
    — Author: Sean Sullivan, Lenny Bernstein, Alaska Dispatch News, 18 July 2017
  • And a few years after that, blood thinners used to treat a clot caused the tumors to hemorrhage.
    — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • In short, the games have been tighter, margin of victory thinner.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Jan. 2023
  • She was taken back into surgery and put on blood thinners.
    — Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • There it was laced with rat poison, which had the effect of taking high doses of blood thinners.
    — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • In another building there were dozens of cans of paint thinner.
    — Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • For those who care, the crust for pan pizza tends to be breadier and thicker, while deep-dish has taller sides and a thinner, crunchier base.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Look for color: For crisp cookies, roll thinner (about 1/8-inch), and bake until golden along the edges.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The group also plans to study the effect of blood thinners for patients who are not sick enough to be hospitalized.
    — NBC News, 6 May 2020
  • A bottle of prop booze somehow gets replaced by paint thinner.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Back at home, Taylor Nielsen reunited a now-thinner Thistle with his sister, Rye, keeping the two of them in the garage with the door closed.
    — Kate Santich, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • To get the watercolor look, mix glass paint with a few drops of paint thinner, and paint freehand designs on your vase with an acrylic brush.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Garcia was placed on blood thinners and lost a significant amount of weight.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Next, dab the stain with paint thinner (the type recommended on the paint can’s label) from the back side of the fabric with a clean rag or white paper towel.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Auburn’s depth at the Jack linebacker position just got a little thinner.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Benny’s stores were known for their distinctive smell — a blend of inner tubes, motor oil and paint thinner, with just a hint of bug spray.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2019
  • In a white dog or unaged whiskey, these have aromas that include overripe fruit and paint thinner and vinegar.
    — Christopher Null, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2015
  • The wide receiver, linebacker and safety rooms in Ann Arbor are all now one spot thinner.
    — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Abd El Aty was first put on blood thinners to reduce the risk of a pulmonary embolism during the transfer, according to her blog.
    — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2017
  • He was hospitalized for four days and was treated with blood thinners.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com, 7 July 2017
  • The screen on the 42 mm version seems just as big as the 45 mm because of a thinner, almost nonexistent bezel that is tucked under the crystal and angled toward the case.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2022
  • For a desktop machine, making the iMac thinner feels more like an artistic move than a practical one.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Egg whites are what give an omelet its signature puff; omitting them would surely result in a thinner, denser round.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Clark, who had a heart condition and was on blood thinners, was conscious and walking around when paramedics arrived that morning.
    — Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 18 June 2018

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