skimpiness

For all its skimpiness, this summer season is a study in contrasts.

This is moderately confusing, given the skimpiness of the text.

That only emphasized its skimpiness, and she flushed deeply, looking down at the floor.

She couldn't get over the skimpiness of his worldly goods.

To that end, she packed four bikinis, in escalating degrees of skimpiness.

Such skimpiness is not characteristic of River House.

Rather, it's the skimpiness of their conception.

And their appearances were accentuated by the skimpiness of their racquetball gear.

Skimpiness was also evident at Sunday brunch.

When we commented on this skimpiness, our obliging waitress brought a generous serving of the piquant cheese.

Only 10 percent of beachgoers have opted for skimpiness, he said - a figure that, on later inspection, seemed a stretch.

Accompanying this plan came skimpiness.

Matthew Keller's dossier was unusual in its skimpiness.

"Just Looking" had good things in it, but the lavishness of the product drew attention to the relative skimpiness of some of its contents.

Little Impact on Tourism Although tourism officials say the travel business has not been hurt, tourists cannot help but notice some skimpiness.

Toplessness is de rigueur, and the skimpiness of many thongs gives them a tendency to disappear.

The resulting skimpiness tends to reduce art to the level of visual aid, or stand-in for more important artworks by more important artists.

But "Pinocchio" cruelly reveals the skimpiness and superficiality of Mr. Eifman's vocabulary.

Plump suburban women in bad shoes are having a better time of it in the lingerie department, sniggering at the nymphet skimpiness of the sleepwear.

Her soup-and-salad skimpiness gave her a sudden qualm, and she told the following lie: "I don't know what Martha's making for lunch.

She was trim and lithe but richly curved, and Hauptman felt a familiar spurt of irritation at the skimpiness of her suit.

He later goes to the swimming pool, where he sees it as part of his job description to berate female bathers for the skimpiness of their attire.

Like all gymgoers, their eyes are riveted to the walls of mirrors and their flesh and their Lycra skins of coy, calculated skimpiness.

This skimpiness must be especially disappointing for the baritone Hermann Prey, who brought the Schubertiade to the Y after presenting a full-fledged version in Austria.

There can be no doubt that these pictures lift the lid off a very widespread repression, natural enough in a country whose women when young tend to be slim to the point of skimpiness.