But at least that endeavor had been based on a slim hope.

That the house hadn't yet been sold gave him only the slimmest hope.

It was, he knew, the only slim hope for her safety.

From where Jerome stood, they seemed a slim hope at best.

It was a slim hope and a foolish one, but something to think about.

But that seemed too slim a hope, all by itself, to rely on, he realized.

But it was a slim hope, so I continued on up the mountain.

He thought it a slim hope, but could think of nothing else.

Even a slim hope, it seemed, was enough to fill him with energy.

If so, there might be some slim hope of surviving this battle.