Synonyms for hairbreadth


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hair-bredth, -bretth
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛərˌbrɛdθ, -ˌbrɛtθ


Définition of hairbreadth

Origin :
  • also hairsbreadth, hairs-breadth, hair's breadth, mid-15c., said to have been formerly a formal unit of measure equal to one-forty-eighth of an inch. From hair + breadth.
  • noun small margin
Example sentences :
  • Is it a hairbreadth too short to cover the scratch for which you want it?
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 » by Various
  • I had nearly forgotten what looked like a hairbreadth escape.
  • Extract from : « Wild Animals at Home » by Ernest Thompson Seton
  • Every day had its own romance, its hairbreadth escape, its thrilling adventure.
  • Extract from : « A Handful of Stars » by Frank W. Boreham
  • There would be plenty of excitement, plenty of hairbreadth escapes.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914 » by Various
  • It was a ripe Durian which had fallen from an immense height and missed him by a hairbreadth.
  • Extract from : « Blown to Bits » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • They were full of stirring adventure and hairbreadth escape.
  • Extract from : « Penelope and the Others » by Amy Walton
  • They do so, and meet with many adventures and hairbreadth escapes.
  • Extract from : « Dick, Marjorie and Fidge » by G. E. Farrow
  • It was the nervous laugh of a shallow nature, after a hairbreadth escape.
  • Extract from : « Moth and Rust » by Mary Cholmondeley
  • Only by Gods grace can it have been that not a hairbreadth of harm was done to me.
  • Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • We may have a couple of hairbreadth escapes, you never can tell.
  • Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Motor Caravan » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

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