thumb
Example Sentences
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Boston Dynamics gave its Atlas robots “grippers” with just three digits, one of which can rotate to also serve as a thumb to help it hold objects.
From MarketWatch
Boston Dynamics gave its Atlas robots “grippers” with just three digits, one of which can rotate to also serve as a thumb to help it hold objects.
From MarketWatch
Anyone who has held an infant will recognize the way the tiny hand of the baby Jesus is cradled in his mother’s palm, anchored by her thumb and index finger.
Prof Brennan places a section of brain - about the size of my thumb nail - into the jar to sustain it.
From BBC
Under their rule, most of us have been banished to our houses, where our punishment for daring to enjoy life is to swipe our thumbs across a smartphone screen for hours on end each day.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.