Sentence examples for the thumb of from inspiring English sources

Najib is seen to be under the thumb of Mahathir.

We have been under the thumb of a single party".

"Producers are under the thumb of these companies," she says.

Newspapers and television are under the thumb of government.

By his own admission, he doesn't work well under the thumb of insensitive overseers.

The legal system rests under the thumb of Beijing; public discussion is largely curated by censors.

To many Muslims, it seemed that Kashmir had fallen under the thumb of the infidel.

He wanted to get from under the thumb of Mike Ashley.

Instead Jake squirms under the thumb of a schemer who is more bully than adviser.

But I wouldn't like to do a musical under the thumb of Cameron Mackintosh.

His party was under the thumb of the Social Democrats in their 13-year coalition.