Sentence examples for the thumb which from inspiring English sources

The other is the buttressing role of the thumb, which adds yet further stiffness.

The first joint of the thumb, which bears a robust claw, is longer than any other joint in the hand.

Rogers will have to tape the thumb, which could limit his shooting touch.... LUCIOUS HARRIS participated in the entire practice Monday at shooting guard.

But yesterday, Coach Andy Reid said he was more concerned about the thumb, which he said McNabb hurt in the first quarter.

The victim, Robert Bill, of 2991 Eighth Avenue, was taken to Montefiore Medical Center, where doctors were determining whether they could reattach the thumb, which was recovered.

Five-point controllers on the steering wheel are easily operated with the thumb, which lets drivers keep their eyes on the road.

There's an immodest length to the thumbs, which curve back, banana style, and even at rest have a double-jointed look, more suited to the circus ring, among the clowns and trapezists.

The so-called Hemingway cats have six digits, with the extra digit the homolog of the human thumb, which gives the paw a mittenlike appearance.

Her hands, however, were freezing: particularly the left thumb, which was extended hopefully at the speeding traffic.

The West Thumb, which was formed by a relatively small eruption in the caldera about 150,000 years ago, is a knoblike protrusion on the lake's western side.

The giant thumb, which is seven metres high, cast in black bronze and entitled Really Good, would appear to back up Dr Fox's Panglossian worldview.