thumb through
Example Sentences
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France has vowed to abandon the so‑called "Francafrique" strategy, under which Paris sought to keep francophone Africa under its thumb through political collusion, exclusive access for French businesses and oblique financial deals, including graft.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
The Booked Babes fall quiet as they thumb through their astrology booklets, reading about destiny, transfixed by the mesmerizing promise of inevitable fate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
The museum put the collection online last month, allowing anyone to virtually thumb through the images and learn more about Bache’s life and work through an interactive timeline.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2023
He tweeted an image of the yearbook page when he discovered the “joke” in June, after being tipped off by a friend of a friend who used to thumb through the yearbooks as a child.
From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2022
Mrs. Scatcherd has a checkers set and a bible, and I thumb through it, looking for Psalm 121, Mam’s favorite: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
