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Example Sentences
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But "never did we anticipate or expect them, I think, to be able to hold in their brains, which aren't much bigger than your thumb, information over thousands of square miles," he said.
From Barron's
He plucks out a blade of grass with his free hand and spins it between the pads of his thumb and index finger.
From Literature
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She put the photo back in her pencil case, and then gripped the zipper with her thumb and first finger and pulled.
From Literature
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As a general rule of thumb: where eyeballs go, advertisers follow.
These animals are known for their tiny teeth and unusually short arms that end in a single enlarged thumb claw.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.