green thumb

Example Sentences

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I haven’t perfected my green thumb, but I’m working on it.

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Freddy Escobar stood on the sidewalk outside his former workplace waving a green thumb drive and a stack of papers that he said would clear his name.

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But my green thumb ached as workers sawed down the tree, took away everything — trunk, twigs, leaves, fruit, roots — in biohazard bags and tagged the remaining trees with a bill of clean health.

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He was happy to leave the plant decisions to Solberg, the green thumb of the family.

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His maternal grandmother was gifted with plant caregiving, and his mother was an “incredible grower” with an expert green thumb.

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