Examples of 'thumbed' in a sentence

Meaning of "thumbed"

Thumb in this context refers to the act of hitchhiking or securing a ride by sticking out one's thumb on the side of the road
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  • Having some specific type of thumb.
  • simple past tense and past participle of thumb

How to use "thumbed" in a sentence

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He would have thumbed his nose at them.
I thumbed it before it was on the front page.
He took it and thumbed the pages.
Den thumbed rapidly through the materials.
The painter thumbed his nose.
Tom thumbed through an old magazine.
I know another pair of thumbed primates.
I have thumbed enough miles to know that.
You must have thumbed it.
Our green thumbed wizard of our gardens.
And very heavily thumbed.
Dave never thumbed anything at anybody.
Dorian gently picked up the book and thumbed through it.
You thumbed back the hammer.
Yesterday he opened the safe and thumbed through the case.

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Ansel thumbed the button and.
She moved over to the table and thumbed the stack of paper.
She thumbed through a few pages and smiled.
I accidentally thumbed the trigger.
I thumbed through one or two.
I know a certain pair of thumbed primates who just love to help.
I thumbed a couple rides.
Women leaned out of their windows and thumbed their noses and sneered.
He had thumbed three pages and closed it quickly.
There are plenty of people who could have thumbed their nose at the induction.
They have thumbed their nose at the doctrine of federalism.
Obed stated that he had been thumbed in the eye by Dagge.
They thumbed their noses at those who doubted them.
I know someday a car will stop to pick me up that I never thumbed.
Fernando thumbed through his diary.
I made the day boat trip to Boulogne and thumbed my way down here.
He then thumbed behind him.
Thumbed all the way from Burbank.
Looks like someone thumbed them back into the orbital socket.
Thumbed her nose at money printing in Search and Destroy.
She told me that you thumbed the Bible morning and afternoon.
I thumbed through the rest of the pages but they were blank.
Here they are and very well thumbed I assure you.
He thumbed his eye.
For the sydney festival. i thumbed through it.
He thumbed on the intercom.
For years, wilczek has thumbed his nose software.
I thumbed at my phone to answer it.
Making Well Thumbed all it can be.
He thumbed his nose at the rules for only one reason.
After eight years in power, they were thumbed out of office.
I thumbed the intercom.
Good to know my opinion wasn't the only one thumbed down.
He thumbed a ride.
When you saw him watching, you thumbed your nose at him.

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