Sentence examples for a thimble from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a thimble" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small, cup-shaped tool used for sewing to protect the finger while pushing a needle through fabric.
Example: "She reached for a thimble before starting her sewing project to avoid pricking her finger."
Alternatives: "a sewing thimble" or "a finger protector".

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It's a thimble.

He could fit in a thimble.

/ You suffer in a thimble and there's nothing coming next.

See?" And she held up a thimble brimming with tears.

The device consists of a thimble on a motorised arm.

I've got a thimble with John Wayne's face on it [see above].

So we're pledging to fill no more than a thimble in 2016.

And what he knew about the sea could fill a thimble.

I had also been warned that the "housemade granola" came in a thimble.

They're to supplement my daily diet of a thimble of avocado spread on a rice cake.

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She carried a thimble-size basket woven so cleverly that I laughed in pleasure.

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