How to Use thinner in a Sentence

thinner

noun
  • 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
  • In another building there were dozens of cans of paint thinner.
    Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • In short, the games have been tighter, margin of victory thinner.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Garcia was placed on blood thinners and lost a significant amount of weight.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • He was hospitalized for four days and was treated with blood thinners.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com, 7 July 2017
  • 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
  • No one wants to think about their furry friend lapping up paint thinner or laundry detergent.
    Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping, 7 Sep. 2017
  • After several months away from home, however, the pup was tired and a lot thinner.
    Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
  • However, after several months away from home, the pup was tired and a lot thinner.
    Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • But what if an implement dealer brought barrels of paint thinner and solvent?
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2017
  • His right leg was amputated because of blood clots that weren't resolved with blood thinners.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Drugs like aspirin that work as blood thinners can also suppress a person’s platelet function.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 14 Dec. 2017
  • 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
  • Auburn’s depth at the Jack linebacker position just got a little thinner.
    Tom Green | [email protected], al, 29 Apr. 2023
  • But health care killers also used sedatives, muscle relaxers, blood thinners, heart drugs and even bleach.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • Less than a year later he was declared blood clot-free and allowed to resume football while taking blood thinners.
    Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The displays are also 40 percent brighter, while the overall package is a hair thinner.
    Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 27 Jan. 2025
  • These anophelins have long been a target of researchers trying to create new classes of blood thinners for human use.
    Vanessa Zainzinger, Science | AAAS, 10 Apr. 2018

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