It was a thin lead, but was all that I had.

A pair of thin yellow leads ran from his ears to a side pocket in his sleeveless jacket.

He drew out a rectangular piece of very thin lead that lay like a lining within the cuff.

This slack mentality left the Knicks holding a thin 52-49 lead at the half.

Each tube ended in a tiny nozzle, no larger in diameter than a thin lead pencil.

The Rangers, who have literally spent a season protecting thin leads, actually had a margin for error.

Fifteen minutes ago, they had surfaced in a thin lead, hummocked by snowbanks on either side.

It was a thin lead, but Andy was cheerful; at least he had something to talk to Grassy about.

He picked up the time-pencils They were in a casing of thin lead.

He demonstrated his time trial strength as he sustained his thin lead to the finish.