A-hair-s-breadth Sentence Examples

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  • Russell, however, refused to give way a hair's-breadth.

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  • He tried to get away from them, but they would not for an instant let his shoulder move a hair's breadth.

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  • As if that money could add a hair's breadth to happiness or peace of mind.

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  • It was he who urged the Hungarian cabinet not to depart a hair's-breadth from their legitimate position.

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