tissue-thin

Short stories, I can skip ahead a few paragraphs or leave some tissue-thin “and then they went here and did this thing” sections, but I need the whole thing from start to finish before I can call it done.

Dead darlings « 2009

One, of course, is money: White supremacy is coming out from under tissue-thin wraps among the corporate elite who run things and intend to go on running things.

Archive 2009-04-01 2009

They move on to the next dish, an asparagus canapé wrapped in an obulato—a tissue-thin, clear paper made from potato starch that will be heavily featured in the 2009 menu.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

The slices should be semi-translucent but not tissue-thin, as they'll need to stand up to the salad dressing.

Food-World Royalty 2011

He pulled the sword from its scabbard, that tissue-thin blade as stiff and heavy as a big hammer.

Backlash « A Fly in Amber 2009

One, of course, is money: White supremacy is coming out from under tissue-thin wraps among the corporate elite who run things and intend to go on running things.

Stop Letting Their Lies Frame The Discourse 2009

They move on to the next dish, an asparagus canapé wrapped in an obulato—a tissue-thin, clear paper made from potato starch that will be heavily featured in the 2009 menu.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

A tissue-thin, open-collared suede shirt with khakis is tr è s St. Tropez.

Wearing Suede in the Caribbean in Winter Teri Agins 2011

Try a tissue-thin gauze or linen shirt or an Indian-cotton madras plaid shirt.

Ask Teri Teri Agins 2011

Williams satisfied an ideal of professionalism that formed precociously in Updike: "For me Williams was the classic ballplayer of the hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill."

Christopher Carduff: "Hub Fans" Redux: John Updike, Ted Williams, and the Great American Essay Christopher Carduff 2010