Here you'll find 20 real example sentences with Thumb, the meaning and synonyms like finger or leaf.

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Thumb in a sentence

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Thumb meaning

  1. The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
  2. The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
  3. A thumbnail picture.

Synonyms of Thumb

finger leaf riffle flip flick ride hitch hitchhike moulding molding quarter round ovolo covering pollex riff

Example sentences (20)

Although still intubated, he was able to follow simple commands, wiggling his right toes and raising his left thumb.

And since there wasn’t too much going on in Talkeetna in April of 2003, I stood out like a sore thumb, you know?

I usually had a thumb drive as well, handy for sneaker-netting files between my office and the server in the basement.

Maximilian Veers didn't rely on sheer numbers or fear to defeat the Rebellion or keep Imperial worlds under his thumb.

Field, who was out with a dislocated right thumb, threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore late in the third quarter.

As a general rule of thumb, there should be about 3 inches of space from the edge of your TV to the edge of the TV stand.

Furthermore, the newly discovered bat species had a claw on its index finger in addition to the thumb claw.

The above blurb about using facial recognition or a thumb print to get into and operate the car you bought.

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And what we said is that the rules of thumb work well up to the $100 space that we've encountered so far.

General rule of thumb when it comes to getting near wild animals - if it's bigger than a squirrel, stay the fark away from it.

Phyllis will admit she’s under Tucker’s thumb since he’s the one who found EMT Carson (Walter Belenky).

Arms bend at the elbows to a 90-degree angle, fingers in Anjali mudra (thumb and forefinger touching).

It takes only a few seconds to install each thumb grip by pressing it firmly to the top of the stick.

Far cooler was working for or banking with one of the many fintech startups that seemed to thumb their nose at stodgy bank brands.

On her 1969 album “To Love Somebody,” Nina Simone completely reimagines “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” in both arrangement and tone.

Hamas Hospital Hoaxers at NBC also claim (without evidence) that Musk has his thumb on the Xwitter scale against the corporate media.

It requires quite a prominent double-tap of your thumb and forefinger to activate, but for me, it has worked every time without fail.

To release the string, the fingers are opened out and the thumb relaxes to allow the string to slide off the thumb.

After Edward Snowden used a thumb drive to transfer classified material out of secure facilities, that type of hardware was prohibited.

Albertsons and Tom Thumb are closing unprofitable stores as Tom Thumb prepares to open a new store in Uptown Dallas.

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Common combinations with thumb

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the thumb 43×
  • of thumb 41×
  • thumb and 21×
  • his thumb 19×
  • thumb is 18×
  • green thumb 16×
  • right thumb 11×
  • thumb in 10×
  • thumb to
  • my thumb

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "thumb" in a sentence?
An example: "Although still intubated, he was able to follow simple commands, wiggling his right toes and raising his left thumb." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "thumb" from real English texts.
What does "thumb" mean?
Thumb means: The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
What are synonyms of "thumb"?
Common synonyms of "thumb" include: finger, leaf, riffle, flip, flick, ride, hitch, hitchhike. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "thumb" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "thumb", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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