Thumbs Sentence Examples

His thumbs pushed her tears away.

Sarah gave him the thumbs up sign.

Instead, he took her face in his hands, caressing her cheeks with his thumbs.

Jessi's head nodded forward as he ran his thumbs along the sides of her neck to loosen the muscles.

Fingers and thumbs were struck constantly and after a few hours I was the first to fall.

One of his thumbs stroked the small of her back as he thought.

Finally he lifted his hands and cradled her face in them, the thumbs gently caressing her cheeks.

He didn't say I had to climb down on some rope and hang by my thumbs!

He wiped her tears with his thumbs and kissed her forehead.

He felt the tips of his fingers with his thumbs.

He tucked his thumbs in his hip pockets and turned away from her.

She wrote a cover story about how the police force is sitting around on their thumbs while the poor widow's little twin darlings remain missing.

His thumbs caressed her cheeks and his voice was soft.

He poked thumbs into his pockets and challenged her.

These monkeys are characterized by their lank bodies, long slender limbs and tail, welldeveloped thumbs, absence of cheek-pouches, and complex stomachs.

Gabriel moved into her peripheral, thumbs looped through his belt as he leaned against the counter on the other side of the breakfast bar's island.

I don't expect a response for at least a month so i guess it's back to twiddling thumbs.

Zimbabwe was given a big thumbs down by the miners.

MySQL 5 gets a major thumbs up from me.

The interim results from the PMlifeline online poll gives a resounding thumbs up to web based training.

Brilliantly done - it's a definite thumbs up from us.

Thumbs Down for the beaver Plans by Scottish Natural Heritage to reintroduce the European beaver to Scotland were recently rejected by Scottish ministers.

This involves really simple things like keeping your thumbs out from between the steering wheel spokes.

The lack of thumbs in spider monkeys is an adaptation for swinging through the trees.

So keep you eyes open for Episcopal Church thumbs nose at Communion stories tomorrow.

I do n't expect a response for at least a month so i guess it 's back to twiddling thumbs.

Don't hack, or we will alert Tank and expect broken thumbs.

Do n't hack, or we will alert Tank and expect broken thumbs.

Brilliantly done - it 's a definite thumbs up from us.

Asked about Saddam Hussein, she gives a big thumbs up with a toothy grin.

He must have been bored twiddling thumbs sans the Internet !

Rather than twiddle thumbs for the night, it was decided to use the continous scan data.

And what if you need an answer by Tuesday and you 're still twiddling thumbs on the Saturday?

I 'm going on a long-haul flight to San Francisco on Monday and I 'm dreading the 12 hours sat there twiddling my thumbs.

It took nearly half an hour, almost all of which involved me idly twiddling my thumbs waiting for data.

You don't want people frustrated because you've become a bottleneck for decision-making; and you don't want to pay people for twiddling their thumbs while you try to decide.

Don't worry if you're all thumbs when it comes to crafts.

Other users comment on threads, giving them a thumbs up or thumbs down, to let you know if the deal is really good.

It sounds like there are a few kinks for the company to still work out, but most users did give the company's customer service and technical support a thumbs up.

You can press them in with your thumbs or use a hammer to gently tap them all the way in.

These tips can help transform you from having two left thumbs when it comes to makeup and into a real beauty whiz.

Holding handwritten signs of prayer and gratitude, or just the classic thumbs up signal, teen hitchhikers take many risky measures to escape from home and their adult supervised environments.

You may be pressed for time or have two left thumbs when it comes to crafts.

The LoveToKnow Garden community is made up of real people with green thumbs and a passion for gardening.

Is styling your hair something that you are skilled at, or are you all thumbs?

Senior centers can develop gardening programs to let participants use their green thumbs and nurturing skills.

If you played FFVII until your thumbs bled, you probably wouldn't mind losing another 101 minutes to this franchise.

A definite thumbs up to Nintendo's latest Mario Kart game.

Repeat until your thumbs break from gaming exhaustion.

Typing lengthy emails using just your thumbs is not much more difficult than on a computer keyboard, and definitely easier than the more standard SMS-like practices found on conventional cell phones.

This makes mobile e-mail and mobile messaging a lot easier for people who are all thumbs.

Pinch the floss between the thumbs and index fingers, leaving about 1-2 inches (3-5 cm) length in between.

Use the thumbs to direct the floss between the upper teeth.

About half of all children suck their thumbs during infancy, with most starting in the first weeks of life.

Ultrasound pictures of intrauterine life have even shown fetuses sucking their thumbs.

It is not known why some children suck their thumbs longer than others.

More girls than boys suck their thumbs beyond age two.

Parents were sometimes told to place mechanical constraints on their children's hands to keep their thumbs out of their mouths.

Children's thumbs were sometimes coated with a bitter substance, taped, or covered with gloves.

Some children suck their thumbs before they are even born, and others begin sucking their thumbs soon after birth.

All or nearly all infants suck on their fingers, thumbs, or a pacifier.

Many children stop sucking their thumbs by age three or four without any intervention.

Preschool children may begin to become embarrassed by their thumb sucking if the children with whom they interact do not suck their thumbs and make fun of them.

Most children in this age group who still suck their thumbs will stop on their own, and intervening may stress the child and make the problem worse.

Most children have stopped sucking their thumbs before they begin school, or else stop sucking shortly thereafter, usually in response to peer pressure.

Parents should avoid negative pressure on children to stop sucking their thumbs; this habit is eventually outgrown by all children.

Children who suck their thumbs or other fingers may also develop candidiasis around their fingernails, causing redness on the nail edges.

Others will request permission to sleep with a stuffed animal or return to sucking their thumbs.

Thumbs (or fingers), artificial nipples, and pacifiers keep the tongue flat and do not allow the muscles of the tongue to develop in a normal fashion.

This disease most commonly affects the fingernails of the thumbs and index fingers.

Pfeiffer syndrome-This condition includes craniosynostosis, shallow eye sockets, underdevelopment of the midface, short thumbs and big toes, and possible webbing of hands and feet.

Fetuses may suck their thumbs before they are born, and some newborns begin to suck immediately.

Babies who do not suck their thumbs or fingers often rely on pacifiers.

Although breastfeeding is the most effective way to calm infants, and their hands or thumbs can be placed in their mouths, pacifiers can be very helpful for discontented babies who cannot or will not suck their thumbs or fingers.

It may sound too good to be true and there are certainly many skeptics who've yet to try this new invention, but some feng shui masters have given this modern tool of technology a thumbs up.

Natalie Portman's skinhead look from a few years back also gets the thumbs down from those who don't have Natalie's bone structure.

Save your thumbs for another time, when you can happily surprise them with a romantic buzz.

You should be holding the shoe sideways so that you can put pressure on the flat part of the wheel with your thumbs.

Now that the shoe is positioned in your hands correctly, you can push down on one wheel with both thumbs to loosen it from the shoe.

This pose is named for the negative and positive sides of the Venus mounds, which are represented on each hand by the fleshy areas at the base of the thumbs.

For women, the right pinky stays at the bottom; for men, the left pinky is in that position, while one of the thumbs touches the fleshy part between the other thumb and the index finger.

Faces, ears, and jaws may be longer than average, and joints may be extremely flexible, loose enough sometimes to even hyperextend thumbs, elbows, and knees.

If the vehicle has had many repairs, you might want to skip on it unless a technician gives it a thumbs up.

However, for the most part, both consumers and professional auto reviewers give the Hyundai Genesis thumbs up.

Place your feet should be together, hands just below the shoulders, with thumbs pointing inwards, even with your chest.

Now curl your arms up with thumbs pointing straight up, alternating to that both arms are constantly in motion (not one resting while the other does a curl).

Hold a barbell straight up over your head, using a normal grip (thumbs opposing other fingers).

You can also alternate grips, having the thumbs point toward you or away from you.

Some experts suggest that you cock your wrists downward and point your thumbs towards the biceps.

Hold a barbell against the top of your chest with thumbs pointing away from you.

Hang by the hands like a big Y with your thumbs pointing away from you.

Tuck your elbows next to your body and bend them 90 degrees with your forearms pointing in front of you and your thumbs pointing towards the ceiling.

The closed-grip push up is one example of a modification that will place the challenge on your triceps.In this modification, you will place your palms flat on the floor, with your thumbs touching in a diamond-like shape.

If you're still all thumbs in the wrapping department, slip the lingerie into a pretty gift bag, add tissue paper and you're done.

In 2003, show creator James Rado gave the thumbs up to a new version of Hair, which set the drama in the 2003 Iraq War, instead of the Vietnam War.

First, let's just say that, as previously mentioned, The Scene Aesthetic gets two thumbs up for their do-it-yourself success.

The network search page itself is also given the thumbs down by users and reviewers who think that the plethora of ads integrated into the page design is off putting and confusing.

With the thumbs up from the major record labels, iMesh began to offer copyright controlled music that users could stream in exchange for a monthly fee.

Although not all of Bono's plans get the thumbs up in academic circles, there is no denying that his star power is a great tool for bringing attention to social issues.

Before the papers could be signed, however, a radio station in Florida gave the song a shot on their "make it or break it" style show in which fans called in to give a track the thumbs up or thumbs down.

Two of three judges must approve a contestant to move on, except during season three at the Manchester auditions when all three judges had to give the thumbs up for a contestant to go through.

Stumble Upon is similar to Digg, in that users can give you either a thumbs up or a thumbs down rating.

He towered over them both, the muscles in his arms and shoulders straining against his shirt as he hooked his thumbs in the front pockets of his jeans.

There was a soft step behind her, and then his hands were on her waist, his thumbs nimbly working the tense muscles.

Taking her face in his hands, his thumbs stroked the soft skin on her cheeks.

Finally he took her face in his hands, his thumbs caressing her cheeks gently.

He tucked his thumbs into the back pockets of his faded jeans.