thumb
Example Sentences
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Last week in the Division 3 semifinal against Edison, Rakowski dove for a fumbled ball, trapping and breaking his right thumb in the process.
From Los Angeles Times
A good rule of thumb when it comes to friendship, or any relationship really, is that you should never be talking yourself into one.
From MarketWatch
I had to develop a feel for how to grip the blade, pinched between my thumb and index finger, just above the handle for control.
Only then did he provide the code to a safe that held a “hard-wired” crypto wallet stored on a thumb drive, Brownstone told the judge.
From Los Angeles Times
Its opening poem, “Digging,” feels earthbound with its low-pitched vowels: “Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.