Sentence examples for a thumb of from inspiring English sources

We pedaled five miles south from the landing to Lopez Village, a cluster of shops on a thumb of moon-drawn water called Fisherman Bay.

Makes 5 x 340g jars 1 cauliflower 1 red onion 100g fine green beans 225g courgettes 3 tbsp sea salt 450ml white wine vinegar 125g unrefined granulated sugar 45g cornflour 2 tsp turmeric 2 tsp mustard powder 1 tsp brown mustard seeds ¼ tsp chilli flakes 1 tbsp honey 2 conference pears A thumb of root ginger 1 The day before, cut all the vegetables (but not the pears) neatly into small pieces.

A few flakes of fish or half a thumb of meat is sufficient for cats.

She had sustained two head injuries one "of the depth of a quarter of a thumb", the other "of the depth of two thumbs".

The trim colors are equally uninhibited and unexpected, a Latin thumbing-of-the-nose at the gray surroundings.

Candice handed her the highball with a generous thumb of scotch and accepted the gift.

Put them all in a powerful blender with a peeled, chopped thumb of ginger.

I use a rule of thumb of 30 chapters for a book, about 10 pages typed for each chapter.

The idea has even received a thumbs-up, of sorts, from the current White House.

And inspiring all, emperor Marcel Duchamp gestures a thumbs-up of approval and credibility.

Traditionally, a high response rate is dictated as a rule of thumb of good survey practice.