Example sentences for: thumbs

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

  • When she does give the thumbs up, especially for an anticipated blockbuster, certain key words and phrases, such as "audience appeal" and "escapist fun," suggest that she is not writing from her own point of view so much as she's gauging in advance the public's reaction.

  • Multiple Thumbs Down

  • Here, for instance, is Roger Ebert, all thumbs:

  • So I will not give a movie a pass because its heart is in the right place, and voted thumbs down on such as A Soldier's Story , Besieged , Buena Vista Social Club (great music, bad direction, terrible story sense, too much Ry Cooder), Jakob the Liar , and The Other Sister .

  • Responding to my suggestions that he uses selective quotation and inadequate research, he writes, "Siskel gave Armageddon a 'thumbs up' and named it his 'flick of the week' on Sneak Previews ."


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