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"Thumb" in a Sentence (26 examples)
The glove has a hole in the thumb.
As a rule of thumb, you should plan on one pound of beef for every two guests.
I pricked my thumb with a needle.
He accidentally hit his thumb with the hammer.
He picked up a butterfly between his thumb and forefinger.
She had no rule of thumb about it, but she got it right every time.
He has her under his thumb.
I'll pound you at thumb wars anytime.
After filling your pipe with tobacco, tamp it down with your thumb, but don't pack it too tightly.
I hurt my thumb doing a handspring.
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to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon
News agencies reported Lavrov had been sent to hospital for a checkup, only for the Russian foreign ministry to rush out a picture of Lavrov in shorts, sporting an Apple watch and Jean-Michel Basquiat-inspired T-shirt, thumbing his notes for his first address at the summit on Tuesday.
thumb through
I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all.
It is also disconcerting when you suddenly realise that the driver isn't steering, but may be thumbing over his Customs papers with his feet up.
Oh, look! There’s a car coming! Thumb-no, wave. They probably don’t understand thumbing.
So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained.
Thumbed a diesel down, outside a cafe.
He gravely informed the enemy that all his cards had been thumbed to pieces, and begged them to let him have a few more packs.
Fargo palmed out his own revolver, thumbing back the hammer as the barrel came up.
Rainford reached down and found the revolver. Thumbing the cylinder open, he inspected the load.
Andy opened the revolver, thumbed in a cartridge.
To thumb a single-action revolver, hold down the trigger and use the thumb on the same hand to fire the gun by manipulating the hammer.
Turnip Rock is located in a portion of eastern Michigan dubbed the Thumb, where 140 miles of coastline and waterfront towns offer a variety of outdoor activities, including biking, walking and kayaking.
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