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Example Sentences

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These versions are also much larger: while an O’Ryan’s potato is about the size of a thumbprint, See’s can stretch up to three inches long.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

In Hammani’s retelling, he relented after four days, applying his thumbprint to a written confession, which he wasn’t allowed to read.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

“Writing is a way of marking existence. For me to have that as a thumbprint foundation to pretty much everything that I do is like: Before anything else, someone was here.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Seeing her dad's thumbprint helped Jacqueline understand Fred’s journey from the soldier he was to the father she knew.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024

Annabelle sees it—Dawn Celeste’s adoring gaze on goofy Grandpa Ed, who wears his socks with his sandals and has a thumbprint of tomato sauce on his chin.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti