Sentencedict.com
 Directly to word page Vague search(google)
Home > Thumbed in a sentence

Thumbed in a sentence

  up(1)  down(0)
Sentence count:35+1 Only show simple sentencesPosted:2017-04-16Updated:2020-07-24
Similar words: thumbthumbs upgreen thumbbenumbedrule of thumbeat humble pieimbedposthumousMeaning: [θʌm]  adj. (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning. 
Random good picture Not show
1. The pages were badly thumbed.
2. He had thumbed all across Europe.
3. He thumbed his way to Nottingham.
4. We stood by the roadside and thumbed a lift.
5. I thumbed a lift into town.
6. She thumbed off the safety catch of her pistol.
7. He has always thumbed his nose at the media.
8. We thumbed a lift to London.
9. She took the novel down and busily thumbed it through.
10. He thumbed the button.
11. He has thumbed his nose at authority all his life.
12. I thumbed the West Coast with them.
12. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and build good sentences.
13. Voters have thumbed their noses at it.
14. She thumbed them into the magazine before placing it carefully back in the box with the weapon.
15. Gloria lay on the bed and thumbed through the pages of her magazine.
16. Once again Azadi thumbed through the intelligence report for some inspiration.
17. Faubus had again thumbed his nose at the judiciary by refusing to appear.
18. In order to find them, I have merely thumbed through the pages of recent editions of Hansard.
19. He thumbed through the applications in a knowledgeable manner and made critical comments in imitation of his superiors.
20. An eclectic collection of well - thumbed books suggests an openness to new ideas.
21. He thumbed through a couple of pages, feigning just a slight interest.
22. Avery thumbed a solid-state switch in the Stanchion's stock. The weapon chirped twice, indicating its battery was fully charged. He performed two calming breaths, and whispered.
23. They pore over well - thumbed pages as if touring their favorite market place.
24. Pulling out his pocket book of instructions, he thumbed through it slowly.
25. The pages had been thumbed into a state of extremely dirty softness.
26. It may interest you to know that a boy answering Rory's description thumbed a ride to Howth.
27. Luke Bouverie missed the last bus out of Woodborough to Loxford, so he thumbed a lift.
28. Inside the booth, he secured the door with his foot and thumbed through the phone book.
29. In the villages little English is spoken and our BBC Portuguese phrasebook is soon well thumbed.
30. Once we crossed the touch barrier, it was on—he thumbed the hem of my skirt, then we detoured to the coatroom.
More similar words: thumbthumbs upgreen thumbbenumbedrule of thumbeat humble pieimbedposthumousposthumouslyembeddedhumblehumblyhumbuglumbernumberhumblingslumberplumbercucumberincumbentoutnumberencumberincumbencya number ofrecumbentlumberinglumberyardcumbersomelumberjackany number of
Total 35, 30 Per page  1/2  «first  next  last»  goto
Leave a comment
Welcome to leave a comment about this page!
Your name:
Latest commentsInto the comment page>>
More words