FLIMSY in a Sentence
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13 example sentences for FLIMSY, such as:
1. She felt cold in her flimsy dress.
2. You won't be warm enough in that flimsy dress.
3. The settings seemed flimsy, the lighting commonplace.
4. He pushed his hand down in the bed, and pulled out the bit of flimsy silk.
5. The flimsy structure of the vehicle could not withstand even mild impacts.
2. You won't be warm enough in that flimsy dress.
3. The settings seemed flimsy, the lighting commonplace.
4. He pushed his hand down in the bed, and pulled out the bit of flimsy silk.
5. The flimsy structure of the vehicle could not withstand even mild impacts.
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Meanings and Examples of FLIMSY
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flimsy
a. lacking solidity or strength
n. a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
Classic Sentence:
1 It was the planlessness, the flimsy temporariness of the buildings, their faded unpleasant colors.
2 The settings seemed flimsy, the lighting commonplace.
3 They were flimsy shelters, most of them poorly built of light wood, with spindle porch-posts horribly mutilated by the turning-lathe.
4 She took off her jacket and sat more at ease in her blouse, of some soft, flimsy silk.
5 The smoke from the fire at times neglected the clay chimney and wreathed into the room, and this flimsy chimney of clay and sticks made endless threats to set ablaze the whole establishment.
6 He experimented with many schemes, but threw them aside one by one as flimsy.
7 And Boxer put out his nose to sniff at the bank-notes, and the flimsy white things stirred and rustled in his breath.
8 He pushed his hand down in the bed, and pulled out the bit of flimsy silk.
Example Sentence:
1 She felt cold in her flimsy dress.
2 You won't be warm enough in that flimsy dress.
3 It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats.
4 The flimsy structure of the vehicle could not withstand even mild impacts.
5 It seemed like he was using any hook, no matter how flimsy, to justify the Wall Street bailout that the Washington and New York elite pushed through.