Hairbreadth

//ˈhɛɹˌbɹɛdθ//

"Hairbreadth" in a Sentence (6 examples)

Genius and madness are but a hairbreadth away from each other.

In short, these kind of hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune, who may be considered as thus playing tricks with us, and wantonly diverting herself at our expense.

This surely was a day destined to be signalized by hairbreadth escapes.

His hairbreadth escapes from death; […].

[…] for the young hero rioted by day, howled by night, ravaged the house from top to bottom, and kept his guardians in a series of panics by his hairbreadth escapes.

The hairbreadth survival of the attempted assassination.

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