thimbleful
noun
thim·ble·ful
ˈthim-bəl-ˌfu̇l 
1
: as much as a thimble will hold
2
: a very small quantity
not a thimbleful of common sense
Examples of thimbleful in a Sentence
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Anyone wanting more than a thimbleful of coffee had to pursue refills relentlessly.
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Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Observers caution that some of these green-hydrogen projects will never produce a thimbleful of hydrogen—an echo of the hydrogen boom a generation ago that ultimately went bust.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2022
Despite the efforts of talented actors, none of these characters share a thimbleful of onscreen chemistry – least of all Stephen Strange and Christine, a relationship meant to be at the heart of the movie.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 6 May 2022
Microbiologists began by isolating the microbial DNA in a thimbleful of soil to see what genes and species were in the sample.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 12 July 2021
Imagine, for example, dropping a thimbleful of red dye into a swimming pool.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
Just one thimbleful of neutron star would weigh 100 million tons.
—Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2017
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Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Observers caution that some of these green-hydrogen projects will never produce a thimbleful of hydrogen—an echo of the hydrogen boom a generation ago that ultimately went bust.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2022
Despite the efforts of talented actors, none of these characters share a thimbleful of onscreen chemistry – least of all Stephen Strange and Christine, a relationship meant to be at the heart of the movie.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 6 May 2022
Microbiologists began by isolating the microbial DNA in a thimbleful of soil to see what genes and species were in the sample.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 12 July 2021
Imagine, for example, dropping a thimbleful of red dye into a swimming pool.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
Just one thimbleful of neutron star would weigh 100 million tons.
—Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2017
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“Thimbleful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thimbleful. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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