Sentence examples similar to be under someone's thumb from inspiring English sources

They will live under someone's thumb forever, if it means cool stuff.

Civil courts, which have primary elections, also appear to be under the boss's thumb.

They became French citizens during the 130-odd years Algeria was under France's thumb.

Russian TV and most of the country's newspapers are under the Kremlin's thumb.

Mainstream TV and media are under the Kremlin's thumb.

Huawei has always denied being under the state's thumb.

The doctor let me down, because I saw that he was under his girlfriend's thumb.

"I was under the FBI's thumb for seven years".

That I was wasting my brain and talents, that I was under my husband's thumb.

He does not like to be under the thumb of authority.

She realizes that she doesn't have to control everything and it doesn't have to be under her thumb.