adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
thinning (= becoming thinner because you are losing your hair )
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His dark hair was thinning on top.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
hair
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The eyes had sunken in and the skull was showing through the thinning hair of the pate.
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Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for thinning hair but there are some very good treatments around.
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He was thick-set, with thinning hair brushed back, a magnificent walrus moustache and several missing teeth.
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The porter joined them, scratching his thinning hair .
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At its centre was a man of less than average height with thinning hair and a somewhat barrel-chested build.
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He was slim and fit with well-brushed thinning hair .
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Many factors can contribute to thinning hair , including stress, diet, illness and even pregnancy as well as the natural ageing process.
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He had thinning hair and a very lightweight suit in cream and white pinstripes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He stared at the old stooped man with the thinning grey hair and bushy walrus moustache who controlled the nation's money.
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He took encore after encore until the thinning crowd finally disappeared into the dark autumn evening.
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He was thick-set, with thinning hair brushed back, a magnificent walrus moustache and several missing teeth.
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The eyes had sunken in and the skull was showing through the thinning hair of the pate.
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The hair was already thinning and perhaps to compensate he had grown a luxuriant Groucho moustache which almost hid his mouth.
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The porter joined them, scratching his thinning hair.
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Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for thinning hair but there are some very good treatments around.