Sentences with 'thumb'
Example sentences and phrases with the word thumb and other words derived from it.
• « Rumours in the west claimed that Antony was under Cleopatra's thumb (unlikely: the two were politically astute and seem to have shared a genuine affection for each other) and was breaking with traditional Roman values, and Octavian seized on this behaviour to claim that he was the true protector of Roman morality. »
• « Incredibly, he had made it out alive with only frostbite, slight fractures to his right arm and wrist, a broken thumb and multiple bruises. »
• « White women were relegated to the home and lived under the thumb and protection of the male patriarch. »