English example sentences with "threadbare"

He was wearing a threadbare suit.
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Not a word to Tom! If he hears that guests are coming, he'll drop some threadbare excuse and sneak away.
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His jacket was threadbare and worn-out, as if he had not taken it off for thirty years.
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His jacket was as threadbare and worn-out as if he had worn it for thirty years straight.
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Tom was wearing a threadbare suit.
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The towels seem new enough, if slightly threadbare.
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This is a pair of cords I bought forty years ago with the first money I earned. They're pretty threadbare now.
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