How to Use thumbs-up in a Sentence
thumbs-up
noun
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Tagged to the end of her text: a thumbs-up and sparkly heart emoji.
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Melissa Giannini,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2024
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Then there’s the quiet ones who will give a thumbs-up or a heart emoji.
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Ej Dickson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2023
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Barry gives the kit the thumbs-up for how quickly children can dive in and play.
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Korin Miller,
wsj.com,
15 Nov. 2023
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With that, the student gave a thumbs-up and skateboarded off.
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Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
17 July 2023
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President Biden and Obama gave the campaign to make D.C. the 51st state a thumbs-up.
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Petula Dvorak,
Washington Post,
22 July 2024
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In the middle of the photo, Garcetti is smiling, giving two thumbs-ups.
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Tom Dreisbach,
NPR,
3 Sep. 2024
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The first time a photo of me appeared in The New York Times, my father sent a thumbs-up emoji.
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Adam Tendler,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2023
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Look for a break in the heat waves, the first crisp morning, or the last true summer storm to give you the thumbs-up to hang a fall wreath on your front door.
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Kate McGregor,
House Beautiful,
1 Sep. 2023
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Yet when people see soldiers pass, many clap or give them a thumbs-up.
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Annie Correal Federico Rios,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2024
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Folks in cars were honking horns and giving thumbs-ups and waving.
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Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
15 July 2024
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The thumbs-up that Trump gave while posing for the cameras wasn’t respectful.
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Elaine Ayala,
San Antonio Express-News,
4 Sep. 2024
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Video shows that Biden at one point walked toward a group of parachutists who had just landed and gave them two thumbs-up.
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David Ingram,
NBC News,
19 June 2024
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In the photo, Connor gave a thumbs-up to the camera and wore some nice golfing attire.
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Brenton Blanchet,
Peoplemag,
29 June 2024
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Demonstrators stopped him for a photo or gave him a thumbs-up.
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Constant Méheut,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2023
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In the first snap, Zendaya is dressed in full snorkeling gear, giving a thumbs-up to the camera.
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Jen Juneau,
Peoplemag,
1 Sep. 2023
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Before the ambulance left the field, Harris was able to motion a thumbs-up signal to the crowd.
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Natasha Dye,
Peoplemag,
16 Oct. 2023
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The boy had terrible burns on his face, Elder said, but despite the pain would lift his arm to give a thumbs-up.
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Niha Masih,
Washington Post,
29 Feb. 2024
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Garcetti stands next to the two men and others, smiling and giving a double thumbs-up gesture.
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2023
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From thumbs-up to thumbs-downs, here’s how critics are reacting.
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Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
22 Nov. 2024
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There are dozens and dozens of big thumbs-ups from happy customers, but your eye keeps landing on the few cranky complaints.
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Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
21 June 2024
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Just a simple thumbs-up and silence to mark another day’s work.
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Taylor Luck,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 Mar. 2024
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After waiting in line, Mr. Biden gave a thumbs-up to election workers at 12:23 p.m. ET.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
28 Oct. 2024
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By the end of the track, V gives all the performers a thumbs-up for a job well done and jokingly collapses into his seat.
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Starr Bowenbank,
Billboard,
21 Sep. 2023
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After each player gave the thumbs-up, the crowd at Roland-Garros booed Kasatkina.
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Jordan Mendoza,
USA TODAY,
5 June 2023
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Where my head of white hair as seen on TV when right-handed batters were up, got me thumbs-ups in the produce section at the grocery store.
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Ellen Murphy,
Kansas City Star,
25 Mar. 2024
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The post featured an image of Snoopy doing a thumbs-up in front of a voting box while standing next to the American flag.
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Saba Hamedy,
NBC News,
7 Oct. 2024
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But the only suite with a line out the door is the one where Trump stands behind a black-clothed barrier, posing for thumbs-up pictures with fans.
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Time,
21 Aug. 2023
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As the infant wails, the mother flashes an exhausted thumbs-up.
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Sophie Neiman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
6 Sep. 2024
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And for Adam to come over and give us the thumbs-up on a creative decision for the performances and also the camera and everything else meant the world to us.
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Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Mar. 2023
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Bobby had given me and my husband, Rob, the thumbs-up sign and a huge grin upon taking off from the glamping-style retreat.
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Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Nov. 2024
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