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Sentence count:203+12Posted:2016-07-20Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: fingerflickfliphitchhitchhikeleafovolopollexquarter roundriffriffleSimilar words: thushumanhumornumberstumblea number ofany number ofto the number ofMeaning: [θʌm]  n. 1. the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb 2. the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb 3. a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse. v. 1. travel by getting free rides from motorists 2. look through a book or other written material 3. feel or handle with the fingers. 
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31. A good rule of thumb is that a broker must generate sales of ten times his salary if his employer is to make a profit.
32. The base of the thumb is where it joins the hand.
33. Everyone else was in jeans and casual gear and I had my office clothes on - I stuck out like a sore thumb.
34. As a rule of thumb, you should cook a chicken for 20 minutes for each pound that it weighs.
35. Stop sucking your thumb!
36. She bit the tip of her left thumb, not looking at me.
37. Pinch the nostrils together between your thumb and finger to stop the bleeding.
38. He's got the committee firmly under his thumb - they agree to whatever he asks.
39. As a general rule of thumb, children this age should not spend more than one hour on homework.
40. I gave my thumb quite a nip with the pliers.
41. The blue building stood out like a sore thumb among the whitewashed villas.
42. Goldstone flipped through the pages and stabbed his thumb at the paragraph he was looking for.
43. He tamped down the tobacco in his pipe with his thumb.
44. I picked up the beetle carefully between finger and thumb.
45. A small splinter of metal had lodged in his thumb.
46. A good rule of thumb is that a portion of rice is two and a half handfuls.
47. You stick out like a sore thumb in that uniform.
48. As a rule of thumb,[www.Sentencedict.com] you should cook a chicken for 20 minutes for each pound of weight.
49. I stuck out a thumb and a car stopped immediately.
50. I caught my thumb in the door and it hurt like mad.
51. We managed to thumb a lift / ride with a truck driver.
52. If you wear a suit to the party, you'll stand out like a sore thumb.
53. The old man tamped down the tobacco with his thumb.
54. The modern office block sticks out like a sore thumb among the old buildings in the area.
55. I cannot tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father's thumb.
56. The thumb can be opposed to any of the fingers.
57. She was wearing a groove in her thumb.
58. You could always use your thumb on the trigger.
59. Hard, through the heel of my thumb.
60. The doctor jerked a thumb to the right.
More similar words: thushumanhumornumberstumblea number ofany number ofto the number ofa large number of
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