How to use in-sentence of “thumb”:
+ The thumb is numbered 1 and the fingers are 2, 3 and 4.
+ The most famous little people in the history of the American circus are General Tom Thumb and Michu.
+ According to different definitions, the thumb can be called a finger, or not.
+ This is the note that is heard when the player covers all the finger holes and the thumb hole.
+ The “bombilla” is inserted with your thumb on the upper end of the bombilla, at an angle roughly perpendicular to the slope of the “yerba”, so that its filtering end travels into the deepest part of the yerba and comes to rest near or against the opposite wall of the gourd.
+ In America, Thumb remained the principal attraction at the American Museum for many years.
+ Lloyd did these dangerous stunts himself even though a movie accident had caused the loss of his right thumb and index finger.
Example sentences of “thumb”:
+ They used both hands to pull leaves off trees, but since they had weak teeth, they used their sharp thumb claws to defend themselves against predators.
+ The usually quoted rule of thumb is that chemical reactions double their rate for each temperature increase of 10 Celsius degrees because of activation energy barriers become more easily surmounted at higher temperatures.
+ Kicking and hitting were allowed but biting and gouging an eye or soft spot with a thumb or finger were forbidden.
+ They used both hands to pull leaves off trees, but since they had weak teeth, they used their sharp thumb claws to defend themselves against predators.
+ The usually quoted rule of thumb is that chemical reactions double their rate for each temperature increase of 10 Celsius degrees because of activation energy barriers become more easily surmounted at higher temperatures.
+ Kicking and hitting were allowed but biting and gouging an eye or soft spot with a thumb or finger were forbidden.
+ This concept may have absorbed by European folklore, then taken form as Tom Thumb and Thumbelina.
+ Finger gloves are small leather strips that cover the index finger and thumb in order to prevent the fingers from getting stabbed by the needles.
+ They are usually enzymatically catalyzed which changes reaction rates, but with constant catalytic action, the rule of thumb is still mostly applicable.
+ Jumbo and a dwarf elephant called Tom Thumb were the last act on the programme and the last to leave the Big Top.
+ Louis Cardinals, asked that a web be placed between the first finger and the thumb of the glove for more protection.
+ There are “toe pistons” operated by the feet, and “thumb pistons” which are placed just below each manual so that they can be pushed by the thumb while the fingers keep playing.
+ An eye poke or a thumb to the eye is when a wrestler pokes their thumb or finger.
More in-sentence examples of “thumb”:
+ The rule of thumb when making a compliment is to “stop at the but/however/although”.
+ The upper part of the knife was made of leather, as a sort of a glove, designed to be worn with the thumb going through the hole, so that only the blade protruded from the hand.
+ You can do this in reverse by starting your thumb in the direction of the vector and see how your fingers curl to see the direction of rotation.
+ He asked Thumb to cut his tour short, return to New York, and perform on the same stage with Nutt.
+ In 1976, the DenmarkDanish Police Force made a finger-print analysis, making Tollund Man’s thumb print one of the oldest finger-prints on record.
+ Show biz took its toll on Thumb however.
+ A common way is to hold them between the thumb and index finger, using the other fingers to help control the sticks.
+ He is best known for his performance in title role of the 1958 “Tom Thumb Tom Thumb” and the 1961 West Side Story” as Riff, the leader of the Jets gang.
+ Then they control the braking with their thumb on the spool.
+ Lloyd performed some of his climbing stunts despite losing a thumb and forefinger in an accident while making a movie four years earlier.
+ On a piano, starting with the thumb and going along the fingers to the little finger means going to higher notes in the right hand and to lower notes in the left hand.
+ Another good rule of thumb is to be specific.
+ This means that the left thumb is pressing down on one or two strings high up over the fingerboard “high” means “nearer the bridge” where the high notes are.
+ This means putting the thumb high up on the fingerboard, often across two strings.
+ He made several inventions himself, including the thumb piston, which made it possible for an organist to change the combination of stops without taking his hands off the keyboard.
+ A fist is the the term given to the hand when the four fingers are clenched, and the thumb closed over the first finger.
+ In the Orthodox tradition, the tips of the thumb and the middle and index fingers are put together, and the ring finger and little finger are put against the palm.
+ Tom Thumb was behind Jumbo.
+ In 1881, Thumb and his wife were caught in a hotel fire that almost took their lives.
+ Nutt had a hard time forgiving both Thumb and Barnum for this “dastardly” offense.
+ In New York City, he founded two American Museums where he offered legitimate acts such as General Tom Thumb and hoaxes such as the Fiji mermaid.
+ The player winds the string around the thumb and finger so that the two shells can be clicked together.
+ In Britain in the 19th century the thumb was shown by a cross and the fingers were numbered from 1 to 4.
+ Cellists and double bass players can use the thumb for plucking, especially for playing chords.
+ Span is the width of a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the pinky finger.
+ They became famous after touring with bands such as Papa Roach, Dredg, Thumb Thumb and Therapy?.
+ The rule of thumb when making a compliment is to "stop at the but/however/although".
+ The upper part of the knife was made of leather, as a sort of a glove, designed to be worn with the thumb going through the hole, so that only the blade protruded from the hand.
+ On April 18, 2014, while he was traveling with the WWE in Saudi Arabia, he suffered a freak accident after he nearly lost his thumb when he deeply cut it while helping to set up the wrestling ring.
+ He had one strange thumb on his right hand.
+ He would play the notes with his thumb up and index finger straight; like a gun.
+ It is the width from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger.
+ Usually, a hitchhiker will stand at the side of a road and hold his or her thumb in the air waiting for a passerby to come and pick her or him up.
+ But using us to thumb their noses at en.wiki is not on.
+ To call out a Slave Monster, a Slave Master must put blood into the crystal by pushing his or her thumb to the crystal and pledging.
+ It is common to use the index and middle fingers as the plucking fingers, but players may use more fingers or even employ their thumb to pluck downwards.
+ The usual way of playing claves is to hold one clave lightly between the thumb and the fingertips with the palm of the hand facing upwards, or to cradle the clave in the hand.
+ You can feel someone’s pulse in their wrist, thumb or neck, where vessels are closer to the skin.
+ The thumb is one of the five fingers on the human hand.
+ He was presented as General Tom Thumb and his age bumped up to eleven years in order to fool the public into thinking he was an adult.
+ The river flows to the west from the Two Thumb Range into the northern end of Lake Tekapo.
+ Harpists can play harmonics with their left hand by stopping the string with the side of the hand and plucking with the thumb or finger.
+ He had a fight with Thumb in a dressing room at the Museum.
+ By holding your right hand as shown in the picture, your thumb points in the direction of points.
+ Michaels then, trapped Flair in his modified figure four leglock, but Flair delivered a thumb to the eye to Michaels to break the submission.
+ In 1847, Thumb returned to America very rich.
+ Unfortunately, the prince is greedy and immature, even sucking his thumb whenever his mother is mentioned.
+ In this game you can trade the various resources with the rule of thumb being 6:3:4:1 in the order Pig Iron, Metal, Kryptonite, Spice.
+ All prosauropods had a long neck and small head, forelimbs shorter than the hindlimbs, and a very large thumb claw for defense.
+ The center finger becomes the animal’s head, the first and third fingers become the front legs, and the thumb and last finger are used as back legs.
+ She would attempt to slow them and succeeded in one instance in catching thumb in her mouth and bit the thumb off.