How to Use thin-skinned in a Sentence

thin-skinned

adjective

• The meeting room won’t be for the thin-skinned.
  — Zach Berman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
• Yukon gold and red potatoes are thin-skinned so there’s no need to peel them.
  — Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 11 Dec. 2025
• This is especially true for your soft, thin-skinned produce like berries or spinach.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 May 2026
• Compared to thin-skinned fruits like apples or berries, citrus poses a much lower risk.
  — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026
• Cucumbers with thicker skin will last longer than thin-skinned varieties, but they should all be stored the same way.
  — Susan Hall Mahon, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
• The football world overflows with thin-skinned, insecure coaches.
  — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
• Russet and other potatoes with thicker skins last longer in storage than thin-skinned varieties.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
• How petty and pathetic and thin-skinned could this administration get?
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
• And as is true in all fights against cowardly, bullying, thin-skinned autocrats, our weakness was provocative.
  — Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
• More delicate, thin-skinned fruit like mandarins and Meyer lemons require a more hands-on approach using snips.
  — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
• The thin-skinned fruit can absorb odors from nearby aromatic fridge-mates, so try to keep them away from ramps, onions, leeks, cut garlic, or strong-smelling leftovers.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2026
• Instead Linda devolves, becoming more pugnacious and thin-skinned and pissed off.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
• Russet potatoes with thick skins typically need to cure a little longer than thin-skinned varieties, but most potatoes should be dry and fully cured within two weeks.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
• Delicate produce including berries, tomatoes—anything that's thin-skinned—should be washed under running lukewarm water.
  — Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
• Whether someone has religious convictions or not, that is a show of strength rarely seen in the thin-skinned, perpetually hostile political climate of the last many years.
  — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
• Two such traits, being thin-skinned and suffering from an interior monologue of unending self-doubt, are often identified as negatives.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
• To be thin-skinned means being especially sensitive to criticism, and it’s often perceived as lacking strength or the capacity to cope under pressure.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
• This year, however, multiple high level sources said the conglomerates are particularly thin-skinned about the scathing Cannes critics.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 16 May 2026
• Players and coaches have become maddeningly mealy-mouthed, striving to avoid upsetting agents, sponsors, owners, fans, thin-skinned politicians, and whoever else might object.
  — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
• The interviewees were willing to talk openly and honestly about Trump covered by anonymity, a necessity to protect them from this fiercely thin-skinned and retributive president.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026
• The Tyndall effect, a bluish discoloration from filler that has been injected too superficially, is another possible side effect and is most commonly seen in the thin-skinned undereye area.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
• Being front and center in the political sphere is certainly not for the thin-skinned, and no one knows that more than Vice President JD Vance's wife, Usha.
  — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
• While some might depict the NFL as thin-skinned in challenging the report cards, both the league and union use arbitration to enforce CBA provisions.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Feb. 2026
• Earlier models suggested the effect would have resembled a worldwide broiler that was potentially deadly to exposed, thin-skinned animals, but not powerful enough to ignite vegetation across the globe.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2026
• In what neatly encapsulates the uncomfortable, rude, thin-skinned yet cruel, sarcastic and ultimately juvenile communication style of his online brood, the leader of the pack started with — what else — Lawrence’s looks.
  — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
• Chef Mingoo Kang’s favorite vegetable is the thin-skinned variety of Kermit-green summer squash known as aehobak, or Korean zucchini, which is slightly sweeter and more aromatic than American zucchini.
  — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
• But judging by the look on her face, the notoriously thin-skinned Detroit City Council president sure seemed to enjoy herself as the senior pastor of Triumph Church accused her of being ineffective, disingenuous, unethical and lying.
  — M.l. Elrick, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
• Dolan earned his reputation with a mix of poor team performance, uninspired front office hiring, and a reputation as a thin-skinned dictator, including banning former player Charles Oakley from Madison Square Garden and using facial recognition technology to monitor fans.
  — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 28 May 2026