thumbtack

Example Sentences

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The methyl group acts like a tiny thumbtack set out on the seat the antibiotic was hoping to take, Polikanov said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

In 2017, BuzzFeed News reported a long list of stomach-churning discoveries: A woman unearthed a thumbtack in her Cheerios, and a man bit down on a bone from his box of Frosted Mini-Wheats.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2021

You might even wish to write down what you feel, laminate it and thumbtack it to a free-standing bulletin board for all to see.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2018

One of his fellow riders joked that if there had been a thumbtack on his bike seat, it might have felt better.

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2017

When he was at last nestled upon his perch, he looked like an eggplant balanced atop a thumbtack.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole