thumbing
- present participle of thumb.
Example Sentences
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If you are thumbing through the brochure/paperwork, it will be there in black and white.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
The normie survivors try to convince themselves it might send something good, like they’re thumbing TikTok hoping for a treasure worth the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
And arm yourself with simple pantry staples that you can graze on lazily, ideally while peeling a clementine and thumbing a paperback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
He points out that engineers are no different from the rest of us when it comes to thumbing through a manual.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
Sure enough, there was Janina in the middle of the street, squatting on her haunches, hurling her voice, thumbing her nose at Buffo, taunting him in perfect imitation of me.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
