| 单词 | thumbed |
| 例句 | “I’m not sure the idea of adventure is even Christian,” Dill said as he thumbed through the book. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He sat perfectly still as she thumbed his neck, the line of his jaw, and a spot next to his mouth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I grabbed the magazine and thumbed through the pages, searching for the Jackson Five. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He thumbed through The Lord of the Rings for a minute and then tossed it aside, digging deeper until he pulled out my little orange child-proof medicine bottle. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I thumbed the pages and saw strange words and strange names. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I lit my lantern, reached for a notebook, and thumbed through its pages. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z His companion, a dull-witted older boy by the name of Edmund, had thumbed his nose at me, putting me more out of temper. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z All through the fall, I thumbed over to War every Sunday afternoon so Dorothy and I could work on plane geometry. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Mom thumbed through my homework folder while our dinner whirled in the microwave. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He thumbed through my box full of cassette tapes, but couldn’t settle on anything. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She set a cigarette between her lips and thumbed a wooden match to light it, blew out the match and put it back in her jacket pocket. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As I thumbed through the pages, I heard someone call my name. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z With a quick glance at the door to check that Filch wasn’t on his way back, Harry picked up the envelope and read: Fascinated, Harry thumbed through the rest of the envelope’s contents. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I thumbed through my closet and picked out a pleated emerald-green skirt with a crisply ironed white shirt. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z High John thumbed his belt buckle and frowned. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Lying on my back on my bed, I thumbed through some pages of The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Quentin thumbed over to Coalwood on a Saturday in November, and we went up to my room to work the equations. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He thumbed three cars before one stopped for him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I thumbed through a stack of papers, enjoying the smell of ink and newsprint. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He thumbed a smudge on his left shoe. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Papa opened the Times bundle and thumbed through a copy looking for the letter. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He thumbed one of the strings, nudged the tuning peg a little higher. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She has thumbed through the padded folder of nearby restaurants. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Van Eck thumbed through the papers in his hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Nearly every Sunday afternoon that year, I thumbed rides to War to visit Dorothy for study sessions. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He pulled out a directory and thumbed through it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I wanted to read them all but was afraid someone would walk in on me, so I thumbed through them quickly to get an overview. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He clicked on the TV and thumbed the remote to find the Dog Squad playback. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Finally he pulled out a brown spiral notebook with a torn cover; he thumbed through the pages slowly, moving his lips slightly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Silently, stoically, Joe thumbed up the guts, grabbing intestines and tearing them out, chucking the glop into the water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I thumbed my fare and climbed out of the cab. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I thumbed the screen, going from picture to picture. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I haven’t had a perfect day since I turned sixteen,” Trina said as she thumbed down the corner of her page and placed the book by her side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She thumbed through a couple of pages and said, “Here we are.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He thumbed through the book for a few minutes before stashing it back in his bag and just watching. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The agent flattened himself against the rock, thumbed back the hammer of his revolver, and waited for the horseman to show. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He thumbed his nose at the relief act meant to help him, as though to claim his home was China was to make China indeed his home. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Bracing myself against the wall, I drew out my hand lamp and thumbed it on to its dimmest setting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her husband, a burly man in baggy pants and sky blue turban, cradled an infant in one arm and thumbed prayer beads with his free hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They thumbed controllers and tried to blast Kyle out of the sky. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z While the furrier thumbed through them, Sefia fidgeted impatiently, glancing around at the swirling crowd, reaching behind her every so often to reassure herself that the mysterious angular object remained inside her pack. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As she thumbed through the documents, the elation on her face dissolved into frustration. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened the top drawer of the file to replace the card, A, B, C—he thumbed through the letters nervously. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “He was very famous in my country,” Qendrim explained as he thumbed through the book one afternoon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z On one of the tables there are some thumbed Reader's Digest and Maclean's magazines, and on another an ashtray, white with a rosebud trim. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He picked up one of the books and thumbed through the heavy bloated pages. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I picked up my journal and thumbed through it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The smell of wet earth comes to me from those thumbed and tattered pages, the sour tang of moorland peat, the feel of soggy moss spattered white in places by a heron’s droppings. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I hunched down and thumbed through the stack of envelopes. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He thumbed through the pages and started bouncing on the balls of his feet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He thumbed the lamp on and off while pointing it at different things around the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He thumbed through a file and said, “Madame Meursault came to us three years ago. You were her sole support.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Benton’s first entry in the book was dated about three months before he began college, so Cabot quickly thumbed through to find the point at which he had met Benton. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z "I don't know about them"—she thumbed at us—"but I already know how to do that." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z When it clattered to the linoleum, she brought her arms down, oh, so slowly, and cradled her breasts as though they were two mangoes thumbed over in the marketplace and pushed aside. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I thumbed on my sympathy lamp and went to Denna, shaking her roughly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They are not so well cared for, they are badly thumbed, and pages have been torn out for certain purposes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Kenny patted his basketball nervously and Allen absentmindedly thumbed through his book. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He thumbed the pack down off his shoulder and sat and opened it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Even though my confidence had been shaken by what I had seen and experienced, there were times when I disobeyed the rules and thumbed my nose at the Nazis. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But I knew if the dead girl's eyes were to be thumbed wide, they would look at me with the same dead, black, vacant expression as the eyes in the snapshot. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He thumbed over his shoulder, as if we could see all the way to his house from here. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Her father thumbed through the book and asked Elizabeth a few questions about the class, then handed the prize back to her. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I picked up my old journal and thumbed through the pages. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I woke up to a burning flashlight beam stabbing my eyes as Joey Cosentino thumbed one of my eyelids up and whispered, “Nah, he’s alive.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When her father put the receiver down, Mary Anne, whispering a tuneless half-remembered melody, thumbed through the telephone directory, and with her pen, marked the number of the Ravenel Air Station’s Officers’ Club. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wreck, thumbed and gripped to the point the cover was coming off. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He shifted his feet and thumbed his belt loops. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I lingered behind, and when their backs were turned, I rounded on the girl and thumbed both ears at her. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Mother thumbed through her cookbook and planned our Sunday dinner while Viola tried to lead me down the tricky path of pastry-dough making. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Talked to me for quite a while—said he was from Saudi Arabia. He thumbed through the goshawk book, too. Said the sheik he worked for had a goshawk. “ On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I thumbed through a stack of papers and chose the only two I found from 1917. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Swift as a deer he outraced them, Quiet as a fox he ran, He thumbed his nose as they blundered, He laughed to beat the band. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled out one of the volumes, thumbed through it, put it back, pulled out another. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Corporal Whitcomb’s mud-caked shoes were on the chaplain’s blanket, and he was eating one of the chaplain’s candy bars as he thumbed with a sneering expression through one of the chaplain’s Bibles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I thumbed through the Reader’s Digests and found a stack of National Geographies from the 1960s, but the box was covered in so much dust that I knew Margo had never been inside it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The map was ragged, so thumbed that it had grown as supple as a piece of chamois. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He thumbed through various basic encyclopedia entries on the zebra. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignoring the sarcasm in his lifelong friend’s voice, Amarante thumbed back the hammer, took careful aim . . . and blew the second bottle into just as spectacular smithereens. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He thumbed his cinematic nose at all of them, becoming the leading cultural voice of Gen X nihilism during the late 1970s and early 1980s. From "Meatballs" to "Ghostbusters," Ivan Reitman was the anarchic boomer voice for Gen X nihilism 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Eric Idle thumbed his nose at philosophers in general as Monty Python's Philosophers Song portrayed the highest echelon of thinkers as a gang of sodden old boozers. Readers recommend: songs about philosophers – results 2012-11-22T14:30:00Z He ended up getting his head crushed, by hand, after having his eyeballs thumbed in. “Game of Thrones”: Moving Right Along 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z I thumbed through channels of French sitcoms from the '80s, watching lithe and leggy women strut around cardboard set apartments in sea-green workout gear. How I made my peace with "I Think You Should Leave" – a cringe comedy I was one reluctant to watch 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z The Koran, well thumbed over time and rebound in the 19th century, climbed to £115,250, a mind-boggling accolade for a volume that Christie’s expected to sell for a maximum £7,500. Turkey Reawakening to Its Vast Iranian Ties 2010-04-23T11:35:00Z We thumbed away from the waterfront and the verdant enclaves that hug the iconic Table Mountain, and over to the sprawling Cape Flats, all dusty brown. Art That Finds Clarity in South Africa’s Fraught Terrain 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The journalist thumbed through the tiny volume repeatedly, seeking clues. A Diary From Inside the Gulag Meets Evil with Lightness 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z And if they thumbed their noses at authority, it was with the implicit assumption that authority could take the joke. Unsinkable Captain of Spoofs 2010-12-01T20:43:00Z This summer, I thumbed past an Instagram photo of a familiar-looking young man with silken brown skin and an enviable high-top fade dressed up in an azure suit. R.I.P. Vine: Home of Surface Humor and Underlying Culture 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z At Stedelijk stations set up at the events, visitors thumbed through collections showing the museum’s works. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Art Gets Unmasked in the Palm of Your Hand 2010-12-01T12:00:00Z Sitting in his home office at a desk covered with papers, photographs and research materials, Leonard thumbed through the neatly stacked pages of "Blue Dreams," yanked one out of the pile and began reading. Author Elmore Leonard wins prestigious book award 2012-09-19T13:26:31Z In the fall of 1979, I thumbed part of the way from Minnesota to New Mexico, and returned cold, late and exhausted. Tales of a 60-year-old hitchhiker 2013-02-27T01:00:00Z She famously thumbed her nose at convention in her private life and in later years seemed to enjoy her status as a grande dame. Diana Rigg, star of "The Avengers" and "Game of Thrones," dies at 82 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Twenty-five years ago, I thumbed through the Yellow Pages and bought the largest one possible for the garden. ‘You buy a lot of flowers and tampons': things you only know when you have seven daughters 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z I watched them wearily rub their foreheads as they thumbed through a voluminous book called his chart, desperately searching for another antibiotic. We survived the bubonic plague 2012-07-15T13:00:00Z The Times had been slow to adapt to the emergence of new digital platforms; it had thumbed its nose at the internet and thus the future. Jill Abramson’s Book Charts Journalism’s Stormy Seas, With Some Personal Regrets and Score-Settling 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The festival famously turned down his 2005 film Vera Drake – Leigh took it to Venice where he won the Golden Lion and thumbed his nose at the French. Cannes 2010: Many stars, but only one legend 2010-04-15T22:07:00Z Another officer checked each ticket; a third lazily thumbed through our passports; a fourth stamped them; a fifth scanned them. Only in Madagascar 2010-12-20T09:00:32Z Given how much it rehashes recent events, albeit with a fine cast, I’m not sure what interest “The Comey Rule” will have beyond people whose copies of the Mueller Report are already well thumbed. Review: ‘The Comey Rule’ and What a Fool Believes 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z He thumbed through the pages and landed on January 30, the blustery day in London when the Beatles played in public for the last time. Directing the Beatles Was Just One Part of His Long and Winding Career 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z At the student health clinic, a doctor thumbed my eye open in a way that seemed unnecessarily brusque while a nurse flashed a bright light into it. The eye surgery I never should have seen 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z He also emerged as an important collector of Lowbrow work, art that generally thumbed its nose at the abstract-minded academic world — or, for that matter, any sort of pretension. Greg Escalante, noted gallerist, Lowbrow champion and a founder of Juxtapoz magazine, dies at 62 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z My friend C. sat with his daughter and thumbed through her text messages, reviewing them for content. How to Grant Your Child an Inner Life 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z And then in Provincetown, on Cape Cod, where he still maintains a home, he has regularly thumbed lifts to a beach 10 miles away because he couldn’t get a parking permit there. John Waters on hitchhiking across the US: 'I wanted something I couldn't control, something I couldn't plan' 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z While he sipped a Corona, his girlfriend thumbed through a fashion magazine. Airport Noise is Raising Hackles in the Hamptons This Summer 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The unsmiling agent thumbed through our passports, peered at us and asked a question that left me dumbfounded: “Where is the father of the children?” If you’re a solo parent traveling internationally with your kids, be ready for this question 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Haggard is a country outlaw, part of a group of musical greats like Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash who thumbed their noses at the Nashville establishment. T Magazine: Origin of Country 2012-03-12T16:45:50Z Around me, in a basement space that used to house part of the Union Square Virgin Megastore, customers thumbed through oceans of clothes packed tightly on circular racks, rarely betraying an expression other than exhaustion. | Nordstrom Rack: Thrift Shopping at Nordstrom Rack in Manhattan 2010-06-16T18:27:00Z After dispensing with the first course, I thumbed through Sager + Wilde’s eno-bible. Beyond Porridge and Boiled Mutton: A Taste of London 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z She thumbed through the manila folder on her lap. Stan Lee has departed our universe, having “surpassed his wildest dreams” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z “They thumbed their noses at the Romans,” he said. Heard of ‘Aureliano in Palmira’? You Probably Know the Overture 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z She wrote it in a flow state, scribbling it out in longhand and in notes thumbed into her phone, then handing over drafts of “chicken scratch” to her wife to help massage the grammar. Brandi Carlile Has Always Seen Herself Clearly. Now It’s Our Turn. 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z It was written by Jack Paglen, who, while researching, probably thumbed through Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus,” along with some Isaac Asimov and William Gibson. Movie Review: Johnny Depp Stars in ‘Transcendence’ 2014-04-17T21:59:53Z He thumbed through his phone, looking for a video of one of the models walking down a rural tree-lined road that he’d been sent the day before. What Happened at New York’s First Pandemic Fashion Show? 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z His personal tastes were detailed in The American Cinema, probably the book most thumbed by film critics. Andrew Sarris 2012-06-22T14:53:43Z They were dusty and thumbed already, with inked dedications at the front to strangers before me: "To Sarah, I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!" Choppers, Muffin the Mule, The Famous Five … icons of the great British childhood 2012-10-07T18:00:00Z “We thumbed our noses at Broadway and Off Broadway because they were so slick and commercial, and what we were doing was just off the wall stuff,’’ he added. How Sam Shepard Hit Downtown New York and Reinvented Himself 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z He was once invited to propose an expansion for the Museum of Modern Art and thumbed his nose at the selection committee by suggesting a billboard that said “MoMA Inc.” Shape-Shifting Art Tower Completes Prada’s City Within a City 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Lee, 89, said in an avuncular, resonant voice as he thumbed through the leaflet's pages. ArtsBeat: Stan Lee, Still a True Believer, Spends a Day on AMC's 'Comic Book Men' 2012-09-10T12:32:06Z She thumbed through a rack of white shirts. | Esperanza Spalding: Rocking the Classics 2010-10-22T20:30:00Z Then he thumbed toward the container of ashes being lashed to the bow of a raft. Can Montana’s Smith River Survive a Nearby Mine? 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z On Memorial Day in 1867 Daniel Lewin thumbed his way from New York to Worcester, Mass., in just under five hours. Great American novels – quiz 2012-11-07T12:11:43Z Before the show started, I thumbed through to gauge the buzz. Music Review: Star Tenor Starts a Tour, Minus the Muppets 2010-12-03T17:16:00Z A young woman coolly eyed each, thumbed through a reference and pronounced her verdict. My lesson in gun control 2012-12-18T01:00:00Z I had thumbed through my old passport countless times while waiting to board flights or in endless security lines. There Are 13 Quotations in a U.S. Passport. Guess How Many Are From Men? 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Cigars were passed, the latest international auction catalogs drowsily thumbed as guests lingered in squishy upholstery waiting for the claret to wear off. T Magazine: The Last Casbah 2011-05-20T14:00:57Z In fact, much of the Rodgers collection looks well thumbed. Antiques: Polar Artifacts, Murals at Yale Gallery, Old Dictionaries 2012-11-29T20:46:49Z One of the strongest performances of Annette Bening’s career anchors Mr. Mills’s searching group portrait of generational disparities at the moment when punk rock thumbed its nose at mainstream culture. New York Film Festival: Determined Women and Uncertainty in the World 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The piece left early listeners perplexed — or angry at what they perceived as a thumbed nose at the hyperseriousness of modernism. John Adams, an American Master at 75 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z I wonder if it’s that tone that transfixed Hughes as she thumbed through the discount rack. ‘W-3,’ a Memoir That Recalls Suffering Without Sentimentality or Sensationalism 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z I thumbed through an edition of La Gameta as I waited. Frugal Traveler Blog: In Portugal, Mirandese Spoken Here - and Only Here 2012-01-17T18:34:03Z Agents questioned his friends, scoured his passport file, thumbed through his best-selling books and circulated his photo among informants. Love in the time of surveillance: FBI agents tracked Gabriel García Márquez 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z All you customers, you never knew why your editions might look a little dog-eared, a little second hand, hurriedly thumbed through as I walked my route. Dredd writer mourns Dandy demise 2012-08-17T11:02:36Z They have thumbed up their noses at the pursuit of football success. Commentary: George Kliavkoff and the new Pac-9 learn a hard lesson. Universities follow the money 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z “Whoever had the book all this time obviously had it in a controlled room. It wasn’t being thumbed through.” Overdue Book Is Returned to a Library After Nearly 120 Years 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Dissolving the PR department was a risky move for a company that relied on media coverage as a primary driver of sales leads and thumbed its nose at traditional advertising. Tesla turns Twitter into $44B communications apparatus | Commentary 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z “There are a lot of hungry families out there,” said Joanette Woods, 66, as she thumbed through the forms. 'Take back what the devil stole': A Black church struggles to find answers after fire 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z At the front of the ship, a group of men thumbed prayer beads as they surrounded a match of backgammon. ‘A Strange Dream’: A Cruise Ship Is a Floating Shelter for Displaced Turks 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Taking a break from combing through the ruins of a powerful earthquake, Ahmet Aydanbekar rested in a courtyard in a salvaged blue armchair and thumbed through his phone to watch videos of past rescues. Remembering the Lives Saved Drives Rescuers in Turkey to Push On 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z In essence, the TVA “thumbed their nose at EPA’s comments,” said Pat Parenteau, an emeritus professor specializing in environmental law at the Vermont Law and Graduate School. EPA declined to challenge federal utility on new gas plant 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z House Republicans thumbed their nose at that sentiment during their spasm of the speaker’s fight. Analysis | Kevin McCarthy, a divided Republican Party and the curse of Jan. 6 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Bankman-Fried, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, had never made it a secret that he thumbed his nose at tradition. Investors Who Put $2 Billion Into FTX Face Scrutiny, Too 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z For decades, environmentalists have decried ocean desalination as an ecological disaster, while cost-savvy water managers have thumbed their noses at desal’s lofty price tag. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Cooney, the lead prosecutor, said Mr. Bannon had “thumbed his nose” at American democracy — and flouted the basic responsibilities incurred by witnesses who appeared at the courthouse every day. Bannon Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison for Contempt of Congress 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The crown prince and the House of Saud just thumbed their nose at Western inflation by cutting oil production. Opinion | I have not forgotten about Jamal Khashoggi 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z “There’s a very strong sentiment in this county that the governor has just thumbed her nose at the Supreme Court, in what’s being touted as an unconstitutional conniption fit,” he said. Another Challenge to New York’s Gun Law: Sheriffs Who Won’t Enforce It 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Inside on a desk is a thumbed edition of a Russian daily newspaper. 'Walls full of pain': Russia's torture cells in Ukraine 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The sea lions thumbed their nose at the powers that be. Remember all the sea lions on a Ballard pier? They probably won’t be coming back 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Sitting in his stall in Kabul one recent afternoon, one vendor, Mohammad Nasir thumbed a string of red prayer beads in his hand, musing on the city’s seemingly sudden economic decline. With Afghanistan in Their Grip, Taliban Roll Back the Clock 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z As Trump spoke, Barr thumbed through the report, which he said “looked very amateurish to me,” and contained no supporting information to Trump’s claim. Trump became 'detached from reality' amid voter fraud claims, Barr tells Jan. 6 committee 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z High school junior Lou Whiting thumbed through a thick book with a rainbow cover, the same one that’s rested in their bedroom since middle school. Amid U.S. culture wars, classrooms become brave spaces for honest conversations 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z He drove plush toys from Smolensk, Russia, hawked meat at an open-air market and thumbed stacks of rubles on the black-market currency exchange. The Battle for the Mural — and the Future of Belarus 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out,” Mr. Graham thumbed on Twitter. Brutus in South Carolina 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Some of the papers are thumbed nearly to the point of disintegration, but they have been carefully folded and put back again. The endearing (and enduring) ‘nook notes’ at Miro Tea radiate positivity, encouragement and a need to connect 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z The payment wasn’t there when she checked at midnight, so Lydia Coe was nervous as she thumbed open her bank account on her phone the morning of Dec. 15. The child tax credit payments are ending. Some families say they will struggle without them. 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z His refusal was clearly a thumbed nose at Congress. Opinion | Republicans on the insurrection? Don’t confuse them with the facts. 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z He says his epiphany came when he thumbed through some pictorial maps. Los Angeles Central Library's map librarian Glen Creason takes a new route: retirement 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z They have declared war against capitalism, thumbed their noses at the Constitution, and empowered our enemies abroad. Why has Republican rhetoric gotten so unhinged? It's pure projection 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z "They have declared war against capitalism, thumbed their noses at the Constitution, and empowered our enemies abroad." Surgeon general: US to 'monitor' whether vaccine exemptions being used properly 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z One need only look to states that thumbed their noses at science-based strategies to understand the consequences: surging infection rates. Opinion | Mask mandate bans are harming our children’s safety 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z “The majority of the accused,” he said, “thumbed their noses at their own rules and processes.” Error-riddled ethics reports on school board create political firestorm in Prince George’s County 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The one-time leftist icon has long thumbed his nose at Washington’s efforts to contain him. Nicaragua’s descent into dictatorship vexes Biden’s pro-democracy agenda 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z “Is the latter holding a well thumbed copy of Das Kapital, or the next 5 year plan for world domination?” India v New Zealand: World Test Championship final, day six – live! 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z To sophisticates who thumbed their noses at its friendly interviews with stars, Mr. Stolley defended his publication as one that “covers humankind in a way no other magazine does.” Richard Stolley, who launched People magazine and secured JFK film, dies at 92 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z As Forte lifted the deck, he quickly thumbed up the side like a flipbook. The world's greatest cardsharp reveals all 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Stone-Manning lined up with Bullock in that fight and sharply criticize Pendley as an illegal appointee who “thumbed his nose at a federal judge” by staying on at the bureau after his authority was removed. Biden taps Montana environmentalist for US public lands boss 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z On her first summer break, she thumbed to Alaska and back. Perspective | Taking every path means never having to say ‘I should have taken another path’ 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Hustler, whose circulation peaked above 2 million in the late 1970s, thumbed its nose at sleeker skin publications such as Playboy and Penthouse. Larry Flynt, porn king and self-styled First Amendment champion, dies at 78 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z And they have largely thumbed their noses at the law — with the president’s blessing. As Trump appointees flout the Hatch Act, civil servants who get caught get punished 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Despite evidence of blatant constitutional violations, efforts at reform have been sluggish at best, and the state’s top attorney general has thumbed his nose at the threat of federal litigation. Opinion | Alabama’s 13 state prisons are grotesque chambers of horrors 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z I thumbed through it one last time and a quote suddenly caught my eye: "These stupid people," I had recorded one sergeant first class saying, "all they understand is violence and force." Celebrated to death: Memorial Day is killing us 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Robin Dillon-Merrill reached for her phone at 7 a.m., thumbed the screen and refreshed the death toll once again. Virginia, Maryland governors unveil early plans for bringing states out of economic shutdown; region reports 102 more fatalities 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z People who share hoaxes arguably deserve a stronger response than someone who simply saw something — or maybe even just thumbed past it — in their feed. Coronavirus misinformation is putting Facebook to the test 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Fonseca arrived and thumbed through his wallet, which was on the hood of another police cruiser. Mother. Officer. Boxer. LAPD's 'Sugar Dre' brings grit to the ring and the streets 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z “It might be about a person, it might be about a business or an event like the Soap Box Derby,” Netherland said as she thumbed through folders inside a filing cabinet. Organizing archives is big job at Legacy of the Plains 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z During the impeachment trial, as colleagues dozed or thumbed through books, Collins filled thick legal pads with notes. Republican Sen. Susan Collins finds it’s lonely in the middle 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Ralph Hakman thumbed through a display of books about the Holocaust on a table at the Jewish museum in Krakow, not far from where he was born. 75 years after being freed from Auschwitz, he can't stop going back 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Whoever allegedly stole and sold the papyri “broke that trust, and thumbed their nose as the system,” she said. A scandal in Oxford: the curious case of the stolen gospel 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z “Everyone is participating in” corruption, Yassiri said in his office in Najaf as he nervously thumbed a string of prayer beads. Iraq’s Shiites helped boost the political elite in Baghdad. Now they want to bring it down. 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Trump dismisses climate change and he thumbed his nose at previous climate talks by twice sending White House delegations to promote climate-degrading coal. US feels the heat as Trump pulls out of global climate pact 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “I thought it was going to be packed,” Anika Smith said Friday as she thumbed through a rack of puffy vests at the Gap in Fashion Centre mall in Pentagon City. Weeks after ‘Black Friday’ sales started, it’s finally here. And it’s anticlimactic. 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z However, Garrett and Jones both thumbed their nose at using numbers to enhance their abilities to make decisions on the field. Dallas Cowboys' Jason Garrett, Jerry Jones thumb their nose at analytics after loss 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The players wore lively hobo outfits, played cards and thumbed noses when not otherwise occupied by the demanding instruments. Review: Harry Partch, the hobo years 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z As for whether it’s illegal or even treasonous to paraphrase someone, Trump likely hasn’t thumbed through a copy of the Constitution, given that the founding document is longer than one page of bullet points. Donald Trump is the weakest incumbent president in decades: If Democrats don't screw this up 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z She thumbed through a used copy of “Matilda,” the Roald Dahl story about an extraordinary girl from an abusive family who often escapes into the magical world of books. For Baltimore teachers heading back to school, the Book Thing is a treasure 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z With no students to teach, Futhu thumbed his books, read his newspapers and listened to the radio, but he began losing patience. The Schoolteacher and the Genocide 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z He was a prankster, a master of the put-on that thumbed its nose at what he saw as a stuffy and blundering political establishment. Paul Krassner, Anarchist, Prankster and a Yippies Founder, Dies at 87 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Fighting it, he thumbed through his phone and called his mother. USC’s Kevin Porter Jr. chases NBA dream to honor a father he barely knew 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Mrs. Conway publicly thumbed her nose at the Hatch Act last month by daring the government to jail her. Kellyanne Conway Hatch Act report blasted as politically motivated by White House 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z “Morrissey thumbed his nose at the establishment and basically suggested to people that he had a lot of empathy,” Holsworth said. After scandal and stint in jail, Joe Morrissey wins Virginia state Senate primary 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z For a long time, the tech companies “sort of thumbed their nose at Washington” without repercussions, said Gene Grabowski, a partner at public relations firm kglobal who’s a crisis communications expert. Tech on trial: House panel begins review of market power 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z He thumbed his nose at Dance’s demand that if they hold a debate, the state party should run it. Issues of race and scandal pulse through Virginia primary contest 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z She thumbed the yellowed pages of her worn Bible and pointed to Psalm 91. Short of electricity, food and water, Venezuelans return to religion 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Rather, he thumbed his nose at the museum’s brass — “all elites,” in his sour opinion — and hung naive paintings of flowers wrought by his father, a mid-level bank functionary. - The Washington Post 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z On her lunch break, Margery pushed back her plate and thumbed through a magazine. A mysterious lever can reset the world. Do you pull it? 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Janet grumbled under her breath as she thumbed through the menu of games. A street performer falls for a radical privacy advocate in "Skin City" 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z I could hear whispers, and people pacing, and prayer beads being thumbed. Perspective | ‘Their job is to scare me’: Jason Rezaian describes first terrifying hours inside Iranian prison 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z In fact, between its light weight, semi-automatic firing capability and the 14 bullets thumbed into its hidden magazine, the Mossberg was a precise and thoroughly modern weapon. Residents look back on 1963 shooting that rocked Paterson 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z The nation that thumbed its nose at German bombs during the Blitz is crumbling like a soggy biscuit. The Great Brexit Breakdown 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z When offered such an arrangement in the past, he thumbed his nose at it. Opinion | Make a wall-for-dreamers deal, Congress. The clock is ticking. 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Wickramasingha said he thumbed through about 50 cookbooks when deciding what kind of paper to have it printed on. Iowa nonprofit launches kid cookbook for fundraiser 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z As Pinheiro thumbed through her Power Point presentation Tuesday, she crossed off the bullet point under the asylum-process section that said “Enter the United States legally.” Trump lashes out at judge after order to allow illegal border crossers to seek asylum 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z And he thumbed his nose at dugout autocrats accustomed to moving men around the bases like chess pieces. Opinion | It makes perfect sense for Trump to honor Babe Ruth 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z “Is there anything better to celebrate than the end of a war, in particular that one, which was the bloodiest and worst of all time?” he thumbed. The First World War Remains Remarkably Alive in British Memory 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Customers thumbed through the collection of vinyl albums in the record room. Last Time Around: New York City Marathon Chief Takes Measure of a Long Journey 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z They thumbed their noses at President George W. Bush in 2008 when he appealed to them to bring down prices. Opinion | Trump is kissing Saudi backsides. He’s not alone. 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z On the eve of Senate hearings on a new Supreme Court justice, the president thumbed his nose at the law. Donald Trump is ripping apart the Justice Department 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Cochran and Black thumbed through the paper together. One hates Trump. The other loves him. Two West Virginians wait for the president to come to town. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z For the first time since the end of World War II, Washington’s allies in the West as well as the East thumbed their noses at an American president. Can Donald Trump unite the world (against himself)? 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Critics thumbed their noses at such fare, but audiences, especially in the Midwest, flocked to small-town movie houses and the drive-ins where such gems typically played. Opinion | Our B-picture president 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Colbert I. King: Republicans on the Hill just thumbed their noses at D.C. Opinion | On Initiative 77, the D.C. Council should listen to the experts 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z After a final scan of the document, Avenatti fished out his iPhone and thumbed in the number of his law office, in Newport Beach. The Fast and Furious Michael Avenatti 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The judge thumbed through case envelopes that document defendant after defendant with outstanding fines. Recent Missouri editorials 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say there were “procedural errors,” but maintain most of the team only “thumbed through” the records. Maine supreme court to hear arguments in child death case 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z “He’s thumbed his nose at the plain text and in doing so he’s thumbed his nose at the American people.” Democrats: Trump violating ban on accepting foreign favors 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Both are heirs to family dynasties in countries that have long thumbed their noses at the international system, saying that it was biased against them and in favor of their foes. North Korea Says Syria’s Assad Will Visit With Kim 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z “What we did with Facebook is issue a legally binding demand and they just ignored and thumbed their nose at it and refused to comply,” Edwards told Reuters in an interview this week. New Zealand privacy watchdog seeks greater power over Facebook 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z As we spoke, she thumbed through the journal she has kept since Matt died. Is help finally at hand for suicide crisis on America’s farms? 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z New Jersey thumbed its nose at the law when it legalised sport gambling 2012, a move that was promptly halted by lower courts. The Supreme Court lets states legalise sport gambling 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z It’s one of the reasons the right cheered when Trump thumbed his nose at FBI warnings and gave GOP lawmakers the green light on the “Nunes memo.” Traditional ties between GOP and law enforcement fray 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z I thumbed through its pages of Chinese text: The Case of Hong Kong’s Missing Booksellers 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Courage and fulfillment: With 2:33 remaining, I clumsily thumbed in my credit card information. Opinion | The seven stages of the ‘Hamilton’ Kennedy Center queue 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z “It was as if you were celebrating the win but in a way that once again thumbed your nose, I’ll say politely, against the rule of law,” Brown said. Key Oregon standoff figure sentenced to 3 years in prison 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Instead, Adams thumbed through a collection of index cards containing a host of questions that focus on areas such as personal responsibility. Minneapolis school’s training aims to prevent sexual assault 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z But instead, as I thumbed the screen of my phone during what felt like never-ending hours of breast-feeding, I found trips to Greece and carefully arranged living rooms. Perspective | How the Mom Internet became a spotless, sponsored void 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z And yet, on his library table are to be found all sorts of high-brow books — thumbed and worn. 100 years ago, Charlie Chaplin began work in his new studio 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z She looked down at her beer and thumbed its lid. Disabled and scraping by in the underground economy 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z China’s Communist rulers thumbed their nose at the Nobel Peace Prize, ostensibly the world’s most prestigious honor — and got away with it. Opinion | The Nobel committee should go ahead and infuriate China 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Andrus was a rare Democrat in politically conservative Idaho, though he thumbed his nose at nearly all labels aside from the designation Westerner. Cecil Andrus, defender of Alaska’s wilderness as Carter’s interior secretary, dies at 85 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z “If he thumbed it all the way to Chicago, we don’t know.” A Family’s Decades-Long Quest Ends at a Chilling Designation: Victim No. 24 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z By conducting its own satellite launch last week, ignoring western concerns, Iran has similarly thumbed its nose at Washington. The Observer view on Donald Trump’s unfitness for office | Observer editorial 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Is his soft, leopard-spotted pizza crust meant as a nod to the spotted crust at Sotto or a thumbed nose at its density? On an Echo Park corner, Jonathan Gold finds the neighborhood pizzeria reinvented 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Leftists who thumbed their noses at the "mainstream" despised careerism and tract housing but they also longed for looser drug laws and for forms of equality beyond the horizon of current US law. Why the Far Right Wants to Be the New ‘Alternative’ Culture 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Anyone who has thumbed through a local climbing guidebook has seen the name Fred Beckey, who earned his ubiquity by being the first to climb dozens, if not hundreds, of peaks in the Northwest. SIFF 2017: Highlights of the film festival’s final weekend 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Anyone who has thumbed a local climbing guidebook has seen the name Fred Beckey, who earned his ubiquity by being the first to climb dozens, if not hundreds of peaks in the Northwest. SIFF 2017: Highlights of the film festival’s third week 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z As I thumbed toward the top of the screen, I had the disconcerting sense of watching a life become a life-style brand. #Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Part of this isn’t so much that the world has purposely thumbed its nose at Renton, but merely that it has moved on and left him behind in a culture increasingly in love with youthfulness. ‘Trainspotting’ sequel director Danny Boyle said time was right to revisit characters 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z I thumbed through them for the section on early Hebrew manuscripts. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z The day before the assassination, North Korea thumbed its nose at its lone ally, firing a medium-long-range missile into the Sea of Japan, shortly before U.S. China’s North Korea Problem 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Kraft said nothing in response, then thumbed his nose at Goodell in his own remarks to the crowd moments later. Patriots Show Their Displeasure With Goodell, but Don’t Voice It 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z “I am advising everyone to be patient,” Rashid said, and then he thumbed his phone again. Inside the world’s largest refugee camp, one man’s quest to explain Donald Trump to those now banned from America 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z I worriedly thumbed through the pages, looking for exceptions for Iraqis with Special Immigrant Visas, but found none. A Yazidi Refugee, Stranded at the Airport by Trump 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z He says that regardless of what was stolen, Bramwell “repeatedly thumbed his nose at the law.” Man gets 22-year prison term for stealing remote control 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z In one of the earliest known instances, Greek comic writer Aristophanes thumbed his nose at Athenian political elites in The Acharnians for their handling of the Peloponnesian War. Hamilton vs Trump: The long history of political protest in the theatre - BBC News 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z But now, as she thumbed through the Eichhorn family album, she can see better than ever. Corneal donation makes local woman’s world a little brighter 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z "It's just absurd that a billionaire wouldn't pay his taxes," fellow Democrat Zach Weinberg, the top elected official in Kentucky's Knott County, said as he thumbed through a folder of Justice's debts. West Virginia candidate for governor owes millions in taxes 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump thumbed his nose at the ensuing backlash, telling a crowd in Ohio Thursday that he would respect the election’s outcome “if I win.” Joy Behar: Donald Trump should be charged with sedition 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump thumbed his nose at the ensuing backlash, telling a crowd in Ohio on Thursday that he would respect the election’s outcome “if I win.” Gary Johnson: Hillary Clinton told ‘biggest whopper’ during debate 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The following year he flew to Kansas City, Missouri, and hitched west to Lawrence, Kansas, to meet a woman who was trying to start a ride-sharing program, then thumbed his way to Denver. Retired teacher offers 10 cents a mile when hitchhiking 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z And yet Kim thumbed his nose at his Communist partner this month, launching three ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan as China was hosting its first G-20 summit of world leaders. Here's why China refuses to block North Korea's nuclear ambitions 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z As she thumbed through some good old Leslie Jones appreciation on Twitter, she happened upon this birthday wish with a Ghostbusters cake from someone who was not even invited to the party. Leslie Jones Celebrated Her Birthday With Berries and Bubbles 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Johnson said recently as he reached for his cellphone and thumbed through some selections. Mets Show Some Range With Music Playlists That Mix and Match 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z It thumbed its nose at both the league’s no soccer-only-stadium, no expansion team precedent and the idea that teams should be organically sourced rather than imported from Europe. Major League Soccer Monday rewind: Like it or not, New York City FC is a genuine Cup contender 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z The Texas senator thumbed his nose at Trump, urged Republicans to “vote their conscience,” and drew intense booing from convention attendees. The opportunity cost of the Republican convention 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z She smiled down at them and touched a few while I thumbed through the pages. Marie Kondo and the Ruthless War on Stuff 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Out of boredom, he thumbed a dozen tweets about his career. Former Angels and Dodgers pitcher Dan Haren opens up about the inner turmoil that led to his retirement from baseball 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Someone had printed out a picture of his face and thumbed vermillion on his forehead, in a sign of reverence. 'He’s our hero': Hindu organisers urge Indian Americans to vote for Trump 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Kooiman, though, was a pioneer: a man thumbed his nose at the Mexican soccer media and who, through sheer willpower, became a starter and fan favorite everywhere he played. Cle Kooiman, the indoor soccer star who became an unlikely hero in Mexico 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Along with their worn Bibles, the students thumbed through files of research at the ready from the seminary library and computer lab across the hall. Seeking God, and redemption, in a Texas prison seminary 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z What prompted the family to get him to a doctor was when they thumbed through his checkbook, often a giveaway. Fraying at the Edges: Her Fight to Live With Alzheimer’s 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z As Walid recalled his time in Syria, he thumbed through photographs on his phone. The Fall After the Arab Spring 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z "But when TV came along horse racing thumbed its nose at it. So, we lost at least one generation of fans because of that and now we're trying to get them back." Doug O'Neill joins effort to bring horse racing into new millennium, and to millennials, via social media 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z He thumbed through a thick book that contained information on businesses in the area, packed with floor plans, emergency contacts, information on nearby hydrants, sprinkler systems and more. Fire departments grapple with ways to attract volunteers 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Summoned to the offices in Trump Tower, the billionaire’s garish midtown skyscraper, Pinkett entered the room as Trump thumbed through a stack of the day’s newspapers and magazines. Ex-Trump workers describe egocentric micromanager: 'Donald loves Donald' 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Now she thumbed through a few notebooks filled with song lyrics and observations, and then started typing in an app that allowed her to write longer tweets. The Actress Who Dazzled El Chapo 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Kim has tested nuclear bombs, executed economic reformers and thumbed his nose at the country’s only patron, China. A Border With a View: Watching North Korea From the Outside 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z So long as he thumbed his nose at the social protocols of the Social Register elite, he was considered noxious, not dangerous. The genie grown monstrous: How Donald Trump, the all-American Frankenstein, devoured the GOP 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z “Tehran has thumbed its nose at the West again and again, continuing to sponsor terrorism and launch ballistic missiles and no one is doing anything about it.” U.S. fears Saudi tensions with Iran could affect fight against ISIS 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z The melody wafted past the mandolins, banjos and ukuleles on the walls, accompanying the customers as they thumbed through sheet music and spoke of their interest in guitar lessons. Final Note for Crossroads Music, a Local Hangout in Amagansett 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z It’s unique to each person, and as a song plays, the date when it was last thumbed up is displayed. A Pandora station made up of all the thumbs-up you ever made 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z And while it may not seem too surprising that House GOP leaders were ignored, the chamber also thumbed its nose at the Kochs’ political operation. House ignores GOP leaders, AFP at the same time 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Eisenberg thumbed through the sleeves, then opened them to inspect the condition of the records. At Permanent Records, a Vinyl Assortment of Rare Finds and Guilty Pleasures 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Even some of the Republicans from our area voted against the budget - in part because of the way the Legislature thumbed its nose at the transportation needs of western Wisconsin. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z I sipped my room temperature coffee as the kid thumbed through the tablet again. "How did you hear about us?" he asked. Verge Fiction: The Date 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z He soon found himself seated in a small room facing a pair of agents who thumbed through folders of documents. Gay Veterans Push for Honorable Discharges They Were Denied 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Putin has thumbed his nose at the inquiry A day after Emmerson described Russia as a “mafia state” Russian Tupulov bear bombers buzzed the south coast of England. Alexander Litvinenko murder inquiry: the unanswered questions 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z They thumbed through his spiral notebook, which contained elaborate plans for the massacre, along with incoherent ramblings and strange symbols. After all is said in theater attack trial, was Holmes sane? 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z According to movement lore, Goldwater perfunctorily thumbed through the book once it was finished and said to run with it. Ted Cruz loses his wingnut welfare: How the New York Times smacked down a decades-old conservative racket 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z As McDevitt thumbed through more and more of the letters, he realized that his father had participated in amphibious assaults at Saipan, Palau, Leyte, Luzon and Okinawa. EXCHANGE: Man writes about father’s war experiences 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z "He kind of thumbed his nose at the industry for a long time," Kriebel said. High court rules against raisin board in dispute over setting aside crops to prop up prices 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The sculpture’s raw, makeshift look thumbed its nose at the terminal’s gleaming impersonality. What Can Art Fix? 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Despite the authors’ aristocratic airs and Mid-Atlantic inflections, Buckley hissed through his drawl as Vidal thumbed his Aquiline nose at him. William F. Buckley would have loathed Fox News: Inside the right-wing media’s intellectual downfall 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The more Louisiana business leaders urged Jindal to change course, the more the GOP governor thumbed his nose at “job creators,” as if their opposition made him appear more populist. Republicans hate executive orders, except when they don't 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z As he thumbed through his portfolios, he found one that was particularly hard to erase, comprised of layers of lead and charcoal. Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel to Grads: 'Find Something You Aren't Willing to Sell' 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Deisseroth took from his desk what appeared to be a smartphone—a controller for the wand—and thumbed the screen as if tapping out a text. Goodbye, fMRI 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z In the Warburg Library, the books are available to be thumbed through at will. The World’s Weirdest Library 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z I put on a suit out of my bag so I looked cool, jumped through the window, walked out on to the street and thumbed a ride into town. The man who posted himself to Australia 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The crowd-members, more gray-haired than long-haired, sipped coffee and thumbed through 100-plus page workbooks with categories such as “Legal” and “Accounting & Merchant Services.” D.C.’s pot expo: Less Cheech and Chong, more Berkshire Hathaway 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z It's a natural progression for Moto Maker, and if you wanted to, you could see it as thumbed nose at Apple. Motorola will offer customization options for the Moto 360 smartwatch 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z He thumbed through it, resting page after page on the hood of his truck. Judge tangled up over tying the knot 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z He ripped Pavia for the ejection, while noting that Smith executed a fairly ceremonial departure after getting thumbed. College Hoops Hangout: Musing on the passing of Dean Smith (and Tark) 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z A steady flow of customers thumbed their way through the stacks, arranged in plywood bins against a backdrop of vibrant orange walls. Couple taps into passion for vinyl at new Anchorage store 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Zafar was an "inveterate" criminal who thumbed his nose at the government even when he was under investigation, Fine wrote. 6 years for multimillion-dollar fraud, involved Miami Heat 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z At least twice, in 1922 and 1928, the notoriously corrupt mayor thumbed his nose at parents and teachers alike to curry favor with future voters still in school. You won't believe some of the reasons Chicago has closed school 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z My copy of the new cookbook "The Slanted Door: Modern Vietnamese Food" is already thumbed and sauce-splattered. 'The Slanted Door,' a new cookbook from the great Vietnamese restaurant (recipe) 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z As the friend, Lynn Brogan of Greensboro, thumbed through the heavily annotated Bible, she found the inscription. Inscription links Vanderbilts to Lillian’s List 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z “This whole area was thumbed at, snubbed, like it was nothing.” Shock in Southern Tier of New York as Hopes of Gambling and Fracking Both Die 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z For the last few years, the nation’s tax collector has thumbed its nose at conservatives, and now the bill for that action has finally come due. Slashed Budget Shows IRS's Failure To Build Political Support 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Inside the chamber, Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, sat quietly at his desk, reading a book, while Senator Al Franken, Democrat of Minnesota, thumbed through a heap of newspapers. 2014 December 15 - First Draft. Political News, Now. - NYTimes.com 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Gallant thumbed through crafts magazines for ideas and started building projects from sight a year and a half ago without referring to step-by-step instructions or detailed measurement guides. GE retiree carves out new niche as woodworker 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z The state says Uber thumbed its nose at regulators and deliberately broke the law to maximize profits. Lawmakers may decide Uber’s place in Nevada market 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Republicans now berate the president for thwarting the popular will; yet the GOP thumbed its nose at democracy by refusing to submit the question to an up-or-down vote. On immigration, the GOP should make the next move From his desk in Lower Manhattan, a banker at Goldman Sachs thumbed through confidential documents — courtesy of a source inside the United States government. New Scrutiny of Goldman's Ties to the New York Fed After Leak 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Tight end Dante Rosario reached under some clothes in his locker Thursday, pulled out a notebook and thumbed through the pages. Bears' Marc Trestman faces test of temperament 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z Stating that Hubenka ignored an earlier court order to remove the materials, Johnson wrote that he has, “defiantly thumbed his nose at the law.” Judge fines irrigation district and manager $600K 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Visiting the exhibit last month, Mr. Micklos sat in a wooden chair and thumbed through a few of the files. 'Haunted Files: The Eugenics Record Office' Recreates a Dark Time in a Laboratory's Past 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z You’ve seen it if you’ve ever licked a stamp — back in the days when they had to be licked — mailed a letter, or thumbed the pages of National Geographic magazine. Howard Paine dies at 85; designer changed the face of stamps and a magazine As she thumbed through the file, she realized why. In a land of death, Iraq’s morgue workers seek answers The media began reporting on the bribes late Monday, after a congressional staffer thumbed through the report and discovered a one-paragraph description of the payments. DEA Spy Earned Nearly $1 Million Handing Over Amtrak Passenger Information 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z “He was studying math at the university,” “she baked the best naan bread,” “this man’s daughter is missing,” he would say as he thumbed through Facebook. 'My People May Soon Be Gone' 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Last week, three generations, all with dark hair and wearing red blouses, thumbed through the handwritten recipes in Olive’s kitchen and spotted one so old they were penned before refrigeration - “Ice Box Cookies.” Tarbell family dominate fair food contests 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Amazon thumbed its nose at a French ban on free shipping of book orders, agreeing to raise the shipping price to exactly $0.01 Euros, or a single penny. Amazon Charges a Penny After France Bans Free Shipping 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z When Germany went 5-0 up inside half an hour - with four of the goals coming inside six desperate, chaotic minutes - those books were being thumbed, and produced the most unwelcome of comparisons. Brazil's new nightmare leaves a nation in shock 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z “They thumbed their nose at the D.C. District Court.” Will Afghanistan Be Financially Blacklisted? 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z She showed off a science fair award and a sports award, and thumbed through stacks of baby pictures. Shot Yards Away From Police Station, a Teenager Collapses and Dies 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z The former Soviet Union, which was a party to the BWC, repeatedly thumbed its nose at the organization. Lawmakers Mull Biological Weapons Threat From Russia 2014-05-08T15:28:48Z The other day at the Library of Congress I thumbed through an original printing of Robert Plot’s 1677 volume “The Natural History of Oxford-Shire.” Evolution: The biggest story in the world — and certainly the longest 2014-03-03T22:07:56Z For more than 35 years, Ronnie Biggs thumbed his nose at attempts to bring him back to Britain to serve his sentence for the Great Train Robbery. Obituary: Ronnie Biggs 2013-12-18T07:36:35Z He went to Rose Hill, where a caretaker in a glorified garden shed thumbed through some cards and said, “Yep, that’s available.” This Land: Mystery From the Grave Beside Oswald’s, Solved 2013-08-10T01:30:58Z But Mr. Cranberg thumbed his nose at that convention, taking on the tremendous cost of the piles of mail schools send to potential students, and the waste that results from the effort. Your Money: Four College Essays That Stand Out From the Crowd 2013-05-17T16:45:53Z Since the election Maduro has thumbed his nose at both the opposition as well as those in the international community, such as the U.S., who have as of yet failed to recognize his legitimacy. After Venezuela's Election, Chavistas and the Opposition Ready for Long Fight 2013-04-19T11:05:25Z The Mirror's previous TV columnist, Jim Shelley, thumbed his remote for the last time in November. Daily Mirror gives Ian Hyland a screen break 2013-03-04T11:01:15Z As Obama checked his boxes, Democrats thumbed their phones or paged through the printed copies of his nearly 6,400-word address. State of the Union: Obama Calls for Economic Growth, Action on Gun Violence 2013-02-13T10:50:21Z But he said few people "carried copies of the constitution around and thumbed through them" to see what their rights were and his instinct was there may be a need for bolder action. Peer urges 'die-at-home' right 2012-11-08T19:05:49Z They thumbed through photos from the campaign trail, told stories about when they all first met or their favorite movies. Romney team savors last full day of campaigning before election 2012-11-06T01:38:00Z She has not so much as thumbed through a book. Students Earn Credit Working on Campaigns 2012-11-05T19:40:27Z I paused at a table and thumbed through an aged binder. With Washington Senators’ Move, a Youth Torn Away 2012-09-29T20:57:58Z He also thumbed through pages listing his many deals over the last 20 years as a so-called hard money lender, a private banker of sorts who provides short-term, high-interest real estate loans. Aaron Ziegelman, Former Real Estate Mogul, Seeks Charity 2012-07-09T01:41:07Z So Christian thumbed through the paper and applied for a sales position. Long Journey for 40-Year-Old PGA Rookie Gary Christian 2012-06-23T03:32:45Z "So!" he exclaimed triumphantly, as he thumbed the pages of a British Navy List. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z At that, Captain Crouch produced his pipe, and thumbed his black tobacco into the bowl. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z His text-books were the common pagan historians, poets, and philosophers that have been thumbed by the school-boy from that generation to this. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z No longer the heaviness of textbooks, the rustle of knowledge to be thumbed through, the smell of fresh ink; just jumps, links and animations, information beaten into easy morsels. Invisible 2012-03-28T17:21:20.207Z I longed for my old copy of Livy "much 325 thumbed," that I might sit on the hill and compare the image in my mind, made by his pithy and sententious description, with the reality. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z He produced a thumbed novelette that had played a part in his sentimental awakening; he proffered it to Kipps, and confessed there was a character in it, a baronet, singularly like himself. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z He took the notes, and thumbed them over, wetting his thumb as he turned each, and he found the tale correct. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Come, lad," he said, brightening up; "learning lies not always between thumbed leaves. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The library we had brought with us was well thumbed and well read, even to the advertisements. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z Victoria Paxton: "Well thumbed old Amateur Mechanic books." Your pictures: Grubby 2012-02-09T10:14:39Z It is, however, the bock of the Arts of the Thirteenth Century that deserves most to be thumbed by the modern reader intent on learning something of this marvelous period of human existence. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The Capitals’ captain thumbed his nose at the NHL after the league suspended him for three games. The Good Ol? Hockey Game: Time to fix the NHL?s All-Star snoozefest 2012-01-27T20:53:37Z He thumbed in the direction of the corpse. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z He fumbles in his pocket and produces thumbed papers, just as he fumbled and produced vegules at an earlier day. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z But the little scarlet photo album in which he keeps the Buchenwald photos looks awfully well thumbed. Lens: Louis Nemeth's Photos, From World War II to the Radio 2011-12-08T10:00:39Z Tseng turned away from that page and thumbed through another magazine. Yani Tseng, a Golf Celebrity in Taiwan, Finds Less Fanfare in America 2011-12-07T02:32:09Z I'm a book that is thumbed and untidy, The only one left of the set; I'm sure I was issued on Friday, For fate is unkind to me yet. Poems 2011-11-14T03:00:17.707Z Her tiny office is strewn with baking books, including glossy tomes and no-nonsense texts with titles like “Professional Baking,” all of them well thumbed. | Baguettes on the Hudson: Cafe Le Perche and Its Oven From Rural France 2011-11-12T06:19:34Z Wearing black pants, high heels and a stylish white blouse with black embroidery, she thumbed her BlackBerry as she spoke with a straight-to-the-point cool that contrasts with the manner of her courtly, white-haired predecessor. In treacherous Tijuana, editor Adela Navarro Bello?s risks are life-or-death 2011-10-27T00:53:41Z After passing through a body scan, he stood quietly while a guard thumbed through the contents of his briefcase. Magazine Preview: How Ready Are We for Bioterrorism? 2011-10-26T16:14:21Z They changed the debate on spending and thumbed their noses at deals that didn’t suit their fancy. NAACP Chairman: Tea Party ?took our playbook? 2011-09-22T15:08:46Z Keats and Shakespeare were his most thumbed volumes. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z He walked over to the main road he had been flying over so recently and thumbed himself a ride to Kelly Field. Test Pilot 2011-09-21T02:00:37.513Z In office, he thumbed his nose at the establishment by naming as police chief a man who wore a ponytail. Paul Soglin, Once Madison?s ?Hippie Mayor,? Is Not Quite the Same Firebrand 2011-09-11T00:27:43Z He sometimes fingered and thumbed the keyboard as every boy likes to do. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z She quickly enveloped her arms with towels, to save herself from bites, and thus armed, thumbed the artery for two hours; then dressing it with cobwebs, saved the dog’s life. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z He thumbed the end of the thick packet as one runs the leaves of a book, and the flying succession of big figures seemed to dazzle him. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z “The first time I held a wad of cash, it was so exciting,’’ she said, recalling when she thumbed through $10,000 — none of it her own. Bank opening inside Pr. George?s school 2011-08-19T15:18:30Z Instead, she thumbed her nose at her own party, quit her job in Alaska, and became much more of a reality television star than a leading political figure. GOP calls for a new presidential candidate are growing louder 2011-08-17T17:05:00Z It warn't my fault if they thumbed their noses at him. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z It had been much thumbed and was much worn. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z I grew stouter and stronger every year and became more and more the stupidest blockhead that ever thumbed a school-book. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z Then I thumbed the cylinder and checked him in his wild flight, but he continued to fight his way clear down to the lower end of the pool, a distance of twenty yards. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z Tom defended himself stoutly, as he thumbed over his phrase book. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z Here followed a space for the signature, and a somewhat thumbed, irregular daub of red sealing-wax. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z As he thumbed open the wax seal of the packet, he noted absently that it was dated today, Friday. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Your trade was with sticks and clay, You thumbed, thrust, patted, and polished, Then laughed, “They will see, some day, Smith made, and Gibson demolished.” Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Bonds thumbed his nose at the legal system, as he and hundreds of other steroid cheats had at baseball officials and fans in the years when there was no drug testing. Rogers: Bonds deserves to serve jail time | MLB whispers 2011-04-16T17:46:00Z Allen West, a firm “no,” thumbed his Blackberry in the corner. Despite Threat of Revolt, Budget Deal Passes. Now What? 2011-04-15T00:16:28Z He thumbed through the sheaf of scribbled notes he had transcribed from stacks of documents and racks of spools from Security files. Security Risk 2011-04-04T02:00:08.993Z He thumbed at the small pinnace dangling from the side of the ship. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Taped to the wall were wellthumbed photocopies from a medical textbook with diagrams of malarial parasites. Malaria on the Rise as East African Climate Heats Up 2011-04-01T18:15:00.220Z The district library contained nearly one hundred readable books, which were well thumbed. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z He checked his horse, drew out of his pocket a thumbed old Bible, clumsily turned the leaves and sought for his text. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Poked-out tongues and thumbed noses across the pit lane towards Team Lotus as the rivals bicker childishly about who's the more Lotusy Lotus. F1 2011 team guide: Renault 2011-03-21T12:00:06Z He thumbed at the Zeelander, lodged in the sand not two hundred yards down the beach. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Purely secular literature in the shape of Novelle was no doubt plentiful, despite the influence of Savonarola, but most of it has perished, thumbed to pieces by too eager readers. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z Andy picked up a magazine devoted to furs and fur raising and thumbed through it, but his mind was not on the printed pages. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Who would read a clean new copy of Robinson Crusoe when he might have one that had seen service in a circulating library, or had been well thumbed by several generations of adventure-loving boys? My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z He merely thumbed a list and said to the orderly: “Give that chit to Mr. Fortescue.” The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z He seemed to ignore the question as he thumbed to starboard. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z "It is almost too dainty a book to be touched, and yet it is sure to be well thumbed whenever it falls into the hands of a lover of genuine poetry." Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z He thumbed on his radio and sent the call. Sense of Obligation 2011-02-09T03:00:52.337Z Picking up “The Gentleman’s Directory” in a gloved hand, Alan Balicki, the historical society’s senior conservator, pointed to its thumbed pages as proof that the little book got around. | A Well-Preserved Road Map to Perdition 2011-01-26T12:00:06Z He crossed to his bookcase and drew out from a pile of tattered French novels a shabby book bound in leather, thumbed and torn by days of school. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z I thumbed through the medical record and saw nothing indicating these easily observed problems. At War: The Disabled in Afghanistan 2010-11-17T21:00:00Z This is a bank which has always thumbed its nose at corporate governance guidelines which say chief executives should not be elevated to the chairman's office. HSBC's elevation of Douglas Flint flouts best boardroom practice 2010-09-25T23:04:00Z “This is Oprah’s family,” she added as she thumbed through the pages of the magazine, “and you’re a part of it.” Susan Casey Aims to Remake O, the Oprah Magazine 2010-08-02T00:52:00Z Rahman had his right eye partially shut after the fight, noting he wasn't sure if it was punched or thumbed in the eye. Rahman scores 4th-round TKO over Miller 2010-06-20T03:55:00Z "When Tiger admits having a problem with being referred to as an African-American, it is as if he thumbed his nose at an entire race of people," wrote Mary Mitchell of the Chicago Sun‑Times. Gary Younge on the real legacy of Tiger Woods 2010-05-28T23:04:00Z As the two women read their statements, Ms. Lowery slouched in her chair and thumbed through a stack of papers, seeming to ignore what they were saying. Killer of Former Ramones Manager Is Sentenced 2010-05-04T03:41:00Z Europeans have long thumbed their noses at America’s bloated health-care system. Controlling health-care costs: Another American way 2010-04-29T11:22:00Z Who needs the warm, bready smell of thumbed paper, receipts for bookmarks? Back to reality: giving up the internet 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z Similarly, Marks & Spencer chairman Stuart Rose thumbed his nose at critics in the City who questioned his lack of accountability by deciding to break all records for non-executive pay. Could revolution help rescue big business from itself? 2010-03-31T19:40:00Z He thumbed through a mentalism book, one of his specialties. Grand Illusions 2010-03-06T00:10:00Z But Lautenberg thumbed his nose at them and ran anyway, drawing a last-minute primary challenge from Rep. Report: Sen. Lautenberg has stomach cancer 2010-02-19T17:20:00Z He thumbed his nose at the Senate investigation, according to the committee’s final report. 2010-02-09T03:35:00Z He did not wish his Satires to be thumbed by the multitude or by men of the class of Hermogenes Tigellius. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil He thumbed over another page, thrust his finger between the sheet and turned to the photos. Whispering Wires Regan thumbed the leaves, found the place and began to read—and a sickly sort of pallor began to spread over his face. The Night Operator Penny thumbed rapidly through the letters, discarding all which were of a strictly business nature. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery The clerk thumbed through a stack of letters before answering. Penny Nichols and the Black Imp She was a pretty child of seven or eight, and held some little thumbed school-books under her arm. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu He thumbed the sheath of papers he had collected on the Stockbridge case. Whispering Wires The Professor thumbed the discourse of the day on "Peace as the Characteristic Virtue of the Christian Faith." The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion He took out his card-case and thumbed the roll of bills reflectively. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes He found it, and his fingers thumbed into the wind-pipe; but not before the weasel smelled the blood its claws had drawn and went utterly berserk. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 The speaker jerked his head over his shoulder and thumbed a command to the other bearers. Leerie The prim lady who knew a gentleman when she saw one, raised her brows and rapidly thumbed over a filing-card system. Whispering Wires The title of the volume had been thumbed away into an indecipherable blur of gold letters. Doom of the House of Duryea Again he thumbed off the switch, and mopped his face with the damp linen. In the Dark Bell, comprehending, fetched an ancient volume, rubbed and thumbed into a comfortable mellowness. Hildegarde's Harvest Adams picked up the Star carefully, thumbed toward the last page and held the news sheet where Drake could see another, much smaller caption. Queen of the Flaming Diamond Joey thumbed hastily through the empty album till he reached the first of the remaining pictures. The Prophetic Camera She read the headline, then thumbed on through the paper, stopping to read the movie reviews and the comic page. Know Thy Neighbor Si took them, thumbed them over admiringly, counted them, and handed them to Shorty, who did the same. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro He carefully handled it, looking over the outside of the covers, then thumbed the pages. The House from Nowhere The clerk took down a small file and thumbed through it. Queen of the Flaming Diamond He found the book he wanted, and thumbed rapidly through it. Pursuit The sentry went inside and thumbed an intercom switch. The Sensitive Man The old account books bear evidence of being well thumbed, for Indian debts were not easy to collect, and white men’s debts were harder to collect in ancient than in modern days. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 It would be so ultra-ultra that suckers with only a million would be thumbed away and guys with two million would have to come in through the back door. Mars Confidential He thumbed through the book, then reached down and lifted Rastignac from his crouching position by the corpse. Rastignac the Devil Books were carted in, thumbed through for inspiration, and cast back into the outer corridor in disgust. Telempathy The bulky volume open on the desk was thumbed and used as Mr. Burr had never used any book that looked or was so heavy. The Wishing Moon The native thumbed it, pocketed it, lifted his coat from a nail behind the door and started across the road in a single movement. The Bandbox The sounds, the flickering like fireflies or carefully thumbed flashlights, didn't come from his near right, Number One, minor crimes, or Number Two, major crimes exclusive of murder. Take the Reason Prisoner Old Bohlmier with his bald head and big spectacles sat behind a high desk peering at a much thumbed scrap of music, and blowing the notes upon a flute. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist My phone chimed, and when I thumbed it on, the face of Inspector Kleek, of Homicide South, came on the screen. Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... By his own desk he paused, fingering Mr. Thayer's thumbed pages absently. The Wishing Moon At the time named eight boys turned up, each with an eager look on his face, and a copy of the first part of 'Scouting for Boys,' which he had thumbed from end to end. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts Stanton walked over, thumbed the answer stud, and watched Dr. Farnsworth's face take shape on the screen. Anything You Can Do! With bitterest venom McGee thumbed his trigger releases as he caught a fleeting glimpse of the Albatross in the ring sight. Aces Up The room became quiet while the police captain thumbed the pages of a huge book he had taken from among many similar ones that filled a rack behind the desk. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 "The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want," is on the most thumbed page of the Bible. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology He thumbed a button on the side of the handset and said: "This is Seven Oh Two." The Foreign Hand Tie Ibarra, stunned and overwhelmed, opened and closed drawers, collected papers, hastily read letters, tore up some, kept others, took down books and thumbed through some of them. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' Both guns began jumping with delight as Larkin thumbed the releases. Aces Up There was a pile of such memoranda, thumbed over and over. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 She pulled up a chair and thumbed through the papers. The Plague One was the Bible, thumbed by his grandfather and his father till the paper had worn yellow and thin at the sides. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons He must have spent a great deal of his time reading, she thought, the volumes were worn about their edges, the pages thumbed. Highacres On the other side of the room, behind a roulette wheel, a man who looked more like a country parson than a gambler sat reading a thumbed copy of Taine’s “English Literature.” The Plunderer Angrily, he broke off, thumbed the button of his communico, growled into the microphone on his lapel, "Report." Zero Data He reached out and thumbed the letters over dumbly, spelling out a long word here and there or scrutinizing some obscure handwriting curiously, as if it were Chinese, or an Indian sign on a rock. Hidden Water “We might,” Belle considered the suggestion, while she thumbed the latest mail-order catalogue, the size of a family bible and much more assiduously studied. Rim o' the World The books on civics and economics and theories of finance were well thumbed and some of them margined with roughly penciled notes. Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work Jon thumbed the tag out of his waist slot and handed it across the desk. The Velvet Glove I thumbed well and skipped nowise till I learned Who was who, what was what, from Homer's tongue, And there an end of learning. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning I had to try to stop him here, and with fear and trepidation I thumbed the reel. Tales of Fishes Despite the human shape of his body, despite his jointed limbs and thumbed hands, this denizen of the red planet resembled a vulture far more than he did any other Earth creature. The Great Dome on Mercury He heard a croak of alarm; then his fingers thumbed into bare flesh and slid up over a nude shoulder to the throat. Raiders Invisible Ambitious publishing houses were springing up and "dummies" of new magazines were being thumbed by reckless young editors. A Son of the Middle Border "Because you are his man," said Daoud, and he thumbed the notched wheel that held the bowstring in place. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel There were two volumes of Scott—Lady of the Lake and other poems, much thumbed and with a cigarette burn on the front cover, and Kenilworth. The Ranch at the Wolverine The quorum thumbed the armholes of their vests and shook an emphatic negative. Seven Miles to Arden Dorothy sought her dressing-room, a great lump in her throat, and taking her violin from the case, nervously thumbed the strings. Dorothy's Triumph Turning to his mates, he thumbed at the prisoner over his shoulder. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel The Bible, it is said, is too sacred a volume to be put on a level with common school-books, and to be thumbed over and thrown about by dirty hands. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes I remembered a few of these old books which had always looked especially palatable, and were much thumbed and very greasy, having evidently absorbed a great deal of feeling into themselves. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Ho!” laughed Rogers, as he thumbed the papers of the Lieutenant-Governor. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Brett yanked the pistol from the holster, thumbed back the hammer. It Could Be Anything I also remember how greedily any entertaining book was borrowed, begged, and circulated; and thumbed and dog's-eared to admiration. Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc They were so thumbed, so greasy, they must have been very popular. The Sand-Hills of Jutland Dasinger thumbed experimentally at the extended stud, found it apparently immovable, took out his gun. The Star Hyacinths Silently opening the big book, he thumbed the pages. The Huntress Then with a deliberate effort he opened it and thumbed through slowly only half seeing its pages. Security He thumbed the seams of the old boat that lay on the shingle, with the outgoing tide still lapping round her stern. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions Wayne thumbed the gun up to full power, and there was a piercing shriek as the gun burned into the sand. The Judas Valley He thumbed his nose too at a menacing proclamation of North Carolina’s royal governor. Blue Ridge Country Without picking up his camping gear at all, he headed for the road, thumbed a ride to Jarviston, where he arrived before eight o'clock. The Planet Strappers Who will be ever thumbed over and spelled over as these have been? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Old Stephen Penton may have had a rambling head; but unless I have thumbed the bloom off his narrative in my attempt to summarise it, the reader will allow that he knew how to write. From a Cornish Window A New Edition Wayne thumbed his own needle-beam pistol up to full and fired hastily at the distant figure. The Judas Valley It was well thumbed and tattered, and if ever Vane had experienced a sense of irritation at the exertion of writing to some dead boy's parents or wife he was amply repaid now. Mufti Someone has been reading my very copy of this book, for it is marked with pencil and whole chapters have been thumbed. Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates Stanton walked over, thumbed the answer button, and watched George Yoritomo's face take shape on the screen. Anything You Can Do ... Joe took a chair while he waited and thumbed through a fan magazine. Mercenary Tallis thumbed the stud that allowed the magazine to slide out of the butt and into his hand. The Highest Treason He opened his eyes, thumbed a pinch of snuff and asked Gootes, "Where the bloody hell is that stuff on the grass?" Greener Than You Think Following this the leaves of the writing-pad rustled as though being thumbed by boyish hands. The Tyranny of the Dark He thumbed his broad-brimmed hat back from his forehead and looked up at the sky. The Destroyers The clerk thumbed over, a bunch of messages and tossed out one. Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California The clerk thumbed a button which wiped the information screen clean, then replaced it with another list, which flowed upward for a few seconds, then stopped. Dead Giveaway It was thumbed and thrumbed all to pieces from long and patient use. Shadows of Shasta The Guesser thumbed the opener, and the traveling case split into halves. But, I Don't Think She played "Welcome All," and then took the thumbed sheets which Miss Poppy Traherne carried with her. The Lost Girl He thumbed cartridges into the chambers of the cylinder and listened dumbly. That Sweet Little Old Lady He thumbed the button, and the pumps started to whine. Anchorite Reluctantly, Thompson thumbed the catch and slid off the top. ...Or Your Money Back "Neither would I," he agreed quite cheerfully, and Peace returned to the much thumbed 'Hill's Manual' once more to consider the list of e's. Heart of Gold Mike the Angel thumbed the switch, and his secretary’s face appeared on the screen. Unwise Child He produced a huge volume, and thumbed over its leaves until he reached the first vacant place, ruled and numbered for the description of all persons brought before him. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective Probably many of these incognita and rarissima perished in the great fire of London; others again met their fate solely through their own popularity, being 'thumbed' to pieces. The Book-Hunter at Home He thumbed the cartridges into the chambers of the cylinder and listened dumbly. Brain Twister He took from his pocket-book a number of English bank-notes for one hundred pounds, and flourished them about and thumbed them over, and laughed above them with drunken cunning and triumph. The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) “Just a second, Commander,” he said as he thumbed the phone switch. Unwise Child It had never occurred to him that the Ziegler plans might be in that very room, on the table with the rest of the welter of letters, thumbed documents, and cups and saucers. The Radiant Shell Well, let me see," he thumbed through the clipboard, "I guess there's always room for a few laughs. Martian V.F.W. The grin was even wider now and he actually chortled as he thumbed a button on his console. The Repairman He lined the tip of his front sight and thumbed the hammer. Kid Wolf of Texas Lieutenant Keku thumbed the opener to Mellon’s stateroom, shoved the door aside, stepped in, and slapped at the switch plaque. Unwise Child It was much thumbed, showing that it had been thoroughly read by Father Abraham. Memoirs He thumbed a cigarette out of his tunic, touched his lighter to it. Breaking Point But we thumbed our charts on these evenings with the blankest unconcern. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) He laid some of them on my desk and thumbed a few others with an undecided expression. On the Stairs |
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