Thumbed

He was the one who clicked pictures of the thumbed dolphin.

His last set piece, at the Sizewell nuclear plant, began: “Now, when I was a child, I had a wonderful book – a much-thumbed Ladybird book called r.” And, you know what, he feels the same about nuclear power today.

I would have thumbed you up except for calling people dogs.

You'll find a rare range of plants, perennials, natives, houseplants, trees, and more to spruce up your space and impress your green-thumbed house guests.

So, you’d think that when Venezuela thumbed its nose at the body and declared it didn’t recognise their jurisdiction – at a minimum they would’ve been told that their outlaw behaviour wouldn’t be tolerated.

All understood, however, that such an attack would probably also topple a dictator who had thumbed his nose at the West for decades.

From where comics fans would in all likelihood dust up a well-thumbed volume of Asterix for the umpteenth re-read.

In January of this year, the green-thumbed Louisiana natives began hosting weekend pop-ups as Garden Goons.

Ultimately, he decided to offer some of the plants to his green-thumbed clients.

In the months before last year’s presidential election in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro described China as predatory and thumbed his nose at the Chinese government by visiting Taiwan, Beijing’s archrival.

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Ekiti State has thumbed up the State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, for his proactive steps in ensuring that as many people as possible take part in the ongoing voter registration exercise in the state.

Photo left: Lauren Tolbert, staff member and event organizer, thumbed through one of the albums of memories and photographs.

The sad truth is that Democrats would rather align themselves with foreign invaders who violated our national sovereignty, thumbed their nose at the rule of law, and pillaged and plundered taxpayer-funded resources.

When he thumbed through Populist tracts, Hofstadter saw both the crowds at Nuremberg and ordinary Americans frothing at the mouth about a dark and shadowy communist conspiracy.

Most bait casting reels can also easily be palmed or thumbed to increase the drag, set the hook, or to accurately halt the lure at a given point in the cast.