How to Use wear thin in a Sentence

wear thin

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• That charm can wear thin, though, if a brood decides your yard is home base.
  — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026
• This paragon of patience is staring at an uncertain future and wearing thin.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 July 2026
• If your boards look washed out, gray, or patchy compared to when they were first finished, the protective layer is wearing thin.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
• The tropes of the crime novel wear thin, with its grim foreshadowing and prodigious exposition.
  — Niela Orr, Vulture, 20 July 2026
• The economy has been remarkably resilient, but the buffers that protected Americans from earlier price spikes are wearing thin.
  — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 22 July 2026