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vb. (present participle of wear thin English)
Usage examples of "wearing thin".
Even now I could feel it, and I suspected a great many illusions were wearing thin, perhaps even those cloaking the street of harlots.
One of these, wearing thin silver greaves and a silver medallion on a chain around his neck, appeared to be a person of importance.
The black finish was wearing thin and beginning to show the reddish ceramic beneath, and the faded purple stripe along the side, across both doors, was also heavily scratched.
Her crisp mien was wearing thin, but she was holding up well considering she had left her home and master to rekindle a relationship with her high school girlfriend who was rooming with the woman who had put her new boss behind bars.
The fabric was wearing thin, and several of the ribbons were loose.