thumbprint
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
If this is your era, put a thumbprint on it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
In these postwar decades, Cowley’s thumbprint seemed to be on everything.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 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
It was from a thumb, it turned out, and no other thumbprint would look just like it.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
![]()
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.