threadbareness

A strange thing — this complete confidence seemed to comfort Geissler wonderfully in his threadbareness.

The Growth of the Soil 2003

But there were other times when to the dreamy, studious Margaret the home circle seemed all discord, all ugly dingyness and threadbareness; the struggle for ease and beauty and refinement seemed hopeless and overwhelming.

Mother : A Story 1911

It seemed as if the room had been long unused, and also as if the lower part of the house were in a much worse state of disrepair and threadbareness than this.

The Landscape Chamber 1887

One has only to overlook a little threadbareness in the similes, and it is very good oratorical verse.

Among My Books First Series James Russell Lowell 1855

The philosopher turned his eye upon him: he examined him from top to toe, with a sort of triumphant contempt; Harley's coat happened to be a new one; the other's was as shabby as could possibly be supposed to be on the back of a gentleman: there was much significance in his look with regard to this coat; it spoke of the sleekness of folly and the threadbareness of wisdom.

The Man of Feeling Henry Mackenzie 1788

I still have a couple that I use for work when it's particularly cold but, being about 30 years old, have had to get the wife to reverse the collars due to threadbareness.

Army Rumour Service 2010

I still have a couple that I use for work when it's particularly cold but, being about 30 years old, have had to get the wife to reverse the collars due to threadbareness.

Army Rumour Service 2010

I still have a couple that I use for work when it's particularly cold but, being about 30 years old, have had to get the wife to reverse the collars due to threadbareness.

Army Rumour Service 2010

I still have a couple that I use for work when it's particularly cold but, being about 30 years old, have had to get the wife to reverse the collars due to threadbareness.

Army Rumour Service 2010