gossamer-thin

On July 21, 1969, only 21 layers of fabric, most gossamer-thin, stood between the skin of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin and the lethal desolation of a lunar vacuum.

Well Suited for Outer Space 2011

"Aphrodite" is a better-than-average entry in the Minogue canon, though it varies little in either texture or tone from what has become a well-thumbed formula: lots of strikingly good, and strikingly similar, glitzy Euro-pop numbers, this time girded by an army of puffed-out synths and undercut by the occasional obligatory ballad, and all sung in Minogue's gossamer-thin coo.

Album review: Kylie Minogue, "Aphrodite" 2010

Storaro, who instantly located the finest Italian restaurant in Morocco and managed to be the best-dressed human being in the Sahara desert, wearing gossamer-thin cashmere sweaters when everyone else wore T-shirts and jeans, would constantly complain about her.

STAR PETER BISKIND 2010

But first, I will consider that this question must have misfired, because vicissitudes below thinks I am ignorant of the gossamer-thin (and therefore, distorted) connection between NATO P-O-L-I-C-Y, Afghanistan, and Obama's subcommittee's purview and influence.

Hillary Talking Points On That 3 A.M. White House Phone Call 2009

I love bringing the scenes in my head to vivid, springing life – the Ten Nations Fair, the burnished wings of an Aetherii in flight, the slums of Sybaris, the gossamer-thin slingshot sails of a starship unfurling against the cold dark of space.

Denise Rossetti, What Lies Beneath - Guest Post Victoria Janssen 2009

The fact remains, however, that a gossamer-thin dummy glued to the finger is enough to trick the bio-detection.

Biometrics is No Guarantee For Secure Data | Impact Lab 2007

I love bringing the scenes in my head to vivid, springing life – the Ten Nations Fair, the burnished wings of an Aetherii in flight, the slums of Sybaris, the gossamer-thin slingshot sails of a starship unfurling against the cold dark of space.

Archive 2009-10-01 Victoria Janssen 2009

You know the rats are fleeing the rapidly sinking ship when you discover that BOTH of them are now trying to profit from the impending tsunami that threatens to blow away the gossamer-thin tissue of conservative ideology that has paralyzed and traduced the nation for 8 years.

Martin Lewis: Ann Coulter & Dick Morris Concede Obama Victory! 2008

Also contributing: the troubled, poetic souls of the Great American West and their unwillingness to accept the gossamer-thin self affirmations that suffice to paper over the abyss for us macaroni-soft Easterners.

where you can live for nothing, there's nothing to live for 2008

It seemed to be a loosely connected series of exotic scenes strung on a gossamer-thin thread of plot.

Archive 2008-11-01 Carla 2008