Sentence examples for * thumbing from inspiring English sources

He paused, thumbing his beard.

Jay was thumbing listlessly through the mail.

But thumbing its nose looks increasingly costly.

– may be forgiven for thumbing forward, flummoxed.

Is he just thumbing his nose?

He held up his hand, thumbing through his phone.

"Now they're just thumbing their nose at me".

I'm not thumbing my nose at anyone with the design".

Skye catches straight-arrow Agent Ward thumbing a paperback.

"I can vaguely remember thumbing through the book.

For Germany, however, thumbing its nose does not come naturally.