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Example sentences for: thumb

How can you use “thumb” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

As a rule of thumb, you can multiply the reported margin of error by 1.7 to get the margin of error for the spread.
The most important rule of thumb is to avoid overburdening readers with anything like a close transcript of what might actually have been said.
From thumb rings to smoke rings wouldn't be a long step, some would say--and the statistics show that for an increasing number of teens, the smoke is coming from marijuana.
The successive Tokugawa leaders established their power base around their castle in Edo and developed a clever system of keeping the feudal lords (the daimyo) under their tributary thumb.
The Thumb of all Fears