When any of the experimental objects is scanned by a whisker sensor the resulting sequence of points will either form a straight line or a convex circular arc.
The rearmament of the late 1930s saved us by a whisker only.
It appears to have missed the opportunity by a whisker.
It was only by a whisker that it decided to include it.
They only managed it by a whisker, because the amendment would have been starred had these deliberations taken place yesterday.
The local authority representatives will be marginally in the majority, though in some by a whisker only—a majority of only one on certain authorities.
Minor accidents have already occured and more serious ones have been avoided by a whisker.
He missed it only by a whisker.