How to Use paper-thin in a Sentence

paper-thin

adjective

• The paper-thin potato skin needs a bit of structural help from the flesh.
  — Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2025
• The team had to clean the fossil to expose the soft, paper-thin clay boundary.
  — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
• Slice the tuna nearly paper-thin and arrange on a plate.
  — Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
• Lily wore paper-thin sheer gloves that reached past her elbows, as well as sheer black tights underneath her dress.
  — Seventeen, 25 May 2023
• My dad’s dosas were perfection—paper-thin, lacey, crispy, filling.
  — Urmila Ramakrishnan, Bon Appétit, 1 Mar. 2025
• This is a slightly bigger option from the brand, and it's made from paper-thin nylon stuffed with scrap yarn.
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023
• Some players like paper-thin picks and others prefer chunky monkeys.
  — New Atlas, 19 Jan. 2026
• The meat is shredded into paper-thin wisps that float on the surface like confetti.
  — Bao Ong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
• The scene slowly morphs into après-ski cocktails and snacks like the paper-thin black truffle pizza.
  — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
• The paper-thin patties have a bright sheen with a seductive, delicate crunch.
  — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 May 2024
• Crape myrtles, sycamores, paper birches and a few other species just happen to do it in large sheets of paper-thin bark.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
• Soft feta cheese, steaming spinach, or creamy custard fills layers of paper-thin, flaky pastry.
  — Caroline Lubbers, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2025
• The reason the sandwich works is the meat is cut paper-thin and is generously seasoned with spices.
  — ABC News, 15 June 2026
• The room for error going into the knockouts becomes paper-thin.
  — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 26 June 2026
• They’re tossed with crisp disks of spicy radish, paper-thin slices of cucumber and the sweet and crunchy inner hearts of romaine lettuce.
  — Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
• In this case, a paper-thin layer of this material is placed on the top surface of the floating foam under the dome.
  — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
• Throw on a loose denim jacket or paper-thin cardigan on windier days, or dress it up in the evening with a boyfriend blazer and wedges or block heels.
  — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
• But her character's scenes were paper-thin compared to this season's other, meatier arcs.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
• Trompo handlers — the tromperos — are skilled marksmen, shaving paper-thin slices from the large vertical spit.
  — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 July 2024
• Several school board races in metro Atlanta’s largest counties had paper-thin results.
  — Eric Stirgus, AJC.com, 20 May 2026
• Scattered between fluffy roses and dark green foliage, these flowers have layers of soft, paper-thin petals adorned with a large black center.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Aug. 2025
• The cortador places the leg in a special holder and uses a long knife (the cuchillo jamonero) to create paper-thin slices.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
• Picture the classic, drab freshman dorm room with a paper-thin plastic mattress and cinder block walls transformed into a true palace.
  — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
• Shrimp hits the grill for just a few minutes before it's arranged on a platter with sliced avocado, juicy tomato, and paper-thin onion.
  — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2026
• One of the most iconic dishes is the tlayuda ($19), a plate-sized, paper-thin tortilla griddled until crisp.
  — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 20 Dec. 2025
• Don’t miss the paper-thin zucchini and aubergine tower, stacked high over saganaki cheese and finished tableside with wild thyme honey.
  — Lela London, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
• The crabs — almost always domestic blue crabs — molt their hard outer shells in the spring, leaving them with paper-thin exoskeletons.
  — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• After the dumplings are placed into bamboo baskets and steamed, the broth melts, forming a rich, fatty soup within a pliant, paper-thin wheat skin.
  — Tiffany May, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Making large amounts of paper-thin slices or an ultra-tiny brunoise cut, for example, can be awfully hard for anybody without a ton of practice.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
• Ortega and Keoghan do their best with the paper-thin material, but there's a hollowness front and center of this film.
  — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 May 2025