under thumb

Example Sentences

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To Check Bleeding Raise the injured part as high as you can above the heart, press very firmly with sterile pad under thumb or fingers on or into the wound.

From Camping For Boys by Gibson, Henry William

If you are riding with single reins, you will place them on either side of third or little finger, or embracing little, third, and middle fingers and up under thumb in similar manner.

From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault