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How do you use insubstantial in a sentence?

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He felt its presence, as insubstantial as a flurry of dust motes caught in a beam of moonlight.
His alibi was insubstantial, without supporting evidence.

Insubstantial means with no substance. Here are some sentences.

A cloud is insubstantial, and evaporates easily.
Her testimony at the trial was insubstantial, and the judge threw it out.
Her plans to become rich are as insubstantial as a dream.

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