Use of thumb in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include thumb at the start of sentence, thumb at the end of sentence and thumb in the middle of sentence

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thumb at the start of sentence


  1. Thumb - sucking can cause protrusion of the teeth.

thumb at the end of sentence


  1. There's a hole in the thumb.
  2. She sucked away on her thumb.
  3. She's got him under her thumb.
  4. He often works by rule of thumb.
  5. This glove has a hole in the thumb.
  6. She had a painful cut on her thumb.
  7. The thorn was embedded in her thumb.
  8. What a shame that you suck your thumb.
  9. He was still under his father's thumb.
  10. You can push the pin in with your thumb.
  11. Hold the material between finger and thumb.
  12. I press the thumbtack into the board with thumb.
  13. Hold the rope loosely between your finger and thumb.
  14. She held the coin carefully between finger and thumb.

thumb in the middle of sentence


  1. Don't suck your thumb, dear.
  2. Her thumb is painfully swollen.
  3. He caught his thumb in the door.
  4. She hit her thumb with the hammer.
  5. I sucked my thumb until I was seven.
  6. He smiled and raised a thumb in greeting.
  7. The thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
  8. There is a hole in the thumb of his mitten.
  9. She still sucks her thumb when she's worried.
  10. He took the pen between his thumb and forefinger.
  11. He pinched the leaf between his thumb and forefinger.
  12. He saw her jab her thumb on a red button — a panic button.
  13. 'What'll we do with them?' he asked, jerking his thumb at the suitcases.
  14. 'Is that the only way out of here?' he asked, jerking a thumb at the door.

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