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vb. (en-simple pastwear thin)
Usage examples of "wore thin".
Sunrunners on casual guard wore thin leather gloves against the autumn crispness in the air, neatly hiding the fact that not all of them were in fact Sunrunners.
Only the part-elven leader wore thin leather, as if she were impervious to the subterranean chill.
The Tanu wore thin flowing gowns and robes of vivid tropical colors, together with fantastic jewelry, wide yoke-collars all gemmed and enameled, with brocaded and jeweled ribbons dangling front and rear.
He wore thin white whiskers at the point of his chin and he wiped them with the back of his hand before looking up again.
The females wore thin shifts, the males wore loincloths or cut-off trousers.
He wore thin-soled slippers to keep his height down, and hunched over a little.
I had never seen such a thing before, and I think Captain Rhosher knew my father disapproved, for he took the time to point out that both of them wore thin necklaces of fine iron chain, a sign that they had voluntarily given up all association with magic.
They wore thin chain necklaces with a Star of David or some Hebrew pendant.