thumbing in English

verb
1
press, move, or touch (something) with one's thumb.
as soon as she thumbed the button, the door slid open
verb

Use "thumbing" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "thumbing" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "thumbing", or refer to the context using the word "thumbing" in the English Dictionary.

1. 21 He had the drawer open and was thumbing through the files.

2. Such questioning had a simple purpose: to Anathemise the civilian or journalist publisher of documents best left to agents and thumbing bureaucrats

3. And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch. Just then, the witch to satisfy an itch went flying on her broom stick, thumbing for a hitch.

4. [“There is no thumbing your nose at God.” —Byington] For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap; because he who is sowing with a view to his flesh will reap corruption from his flesh.”