Example sentences for: thumbs-up

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

  • Judging from their undergraduate careers alone, you might well argue that the examples of Bill Bradley and George W. Bush illustrate a subtler point about affirmative action than mere thumbs-up or thumbs-down.

  • To date, six of the seven local offices have given the plan a preliminary thumbs-up.

  • Bogotá drivers flash cards with a thumbs-up or thumbs-down logo at fellow motorists, and government-hired street mimes mock litterers and jaywalkers.

  • The NYT, which headlines one story "She's Nobody's Little Niece, Thank You," gives a thumbs-up to Monica's get-up: "A sensible suit, pearls, heavy makeup, and a semi-lacquered hairdo."

  • Pecker is a breezy, agreeable picture--a charmer, thumbs-up, three stars--but there's something disappointing about a John Waters film that's so evenhanded and all-embracing, even if its sunniness is "ironic."


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