Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slim-jim
Adjective
  • The moon is glimmering, the veil between worlds is thin and there’s an air of mischief lingering in the shadows.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Card Case Speaking of only keeping the essentials on hand, this ultra-thin card case is an excellent replacement for a bulky, overstuffed wallet when traveling.
    Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • United, some of whose senior leadership team, including its chief executive, Scott Kirby, came from American, has done the opposite and is in the process of adding thousands of screens to narrow-body planes both new and old, including Bluetooth technology for wireless headphones.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The Fitzgerald was designed to carry as much cargo as possible and still fit through the narrow locks at Sault Ste.
    Kevin Duchschere, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Find mix-and-match patterns, sculptural light fixtures, and sleek furniture, whether that’s the look-at-me bar in green, or the slender modernist seats.
    Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But Ballad of a Small Player—adapted by Rowan Joffe from Lawrence Osborne’s novel—doesn’t give you much to hang onto besides style, and even those pleasures are slender.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Working primarily in the North Sea, Müller had pioneered the use of extremely fine nets to collect these and other tiny marine organisms.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • According to Thorsten Schumm, PhD, a researcher at the Vienna University of Technology’s (TU Wien) Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, some theories suggest that the fine-structure constant may not be truly constant.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Crafted in Italy, the roomy, slip-on silhouette boasted a silver-tone leather upper, as well as a pointy toe and skinny 105mm stiletto heel.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • To portray the famous couple, Kourtney wore a mesh T-shirt, studded leather pants and a curly blonde wig, while the Blink-182 drummer wore a leather jacket, skinny jeans and a spiked black wig.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Slim-jim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slim-jim. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.

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