So the old Northeastern scouts find themselves expendable or spread increasingly thin.

Those roots, however, are planted in increasingly thin soil.

The young man's patience was growing increasingly thin.

But their support is increasingly thin, and the society at home is headed in a completely opposite direction.

Both company workers, and garbage receptacles, appear to be increasingly thin on the ground.

At forty, she looked far older than her years, becoming increasingly thin.

Nurses say that such situations will become more common as their ranks are spread increasingly thin.

Necessity seemed an increasingly thin reed to support her deception.

In its current state, a thin weekly on increasingly thin paper, Time magazine is not much of a thing to behold.

Mr. Miller agreed, saying the career staff, while spread increasingly thin, was "the cream of the crop."