How to Use thimble in a Sentence
thimble
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The hides come from moose, deer, and elk; the ribbons are made of silk and the thimbles and bells of brass.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 May 2019
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The boot got the boot, the wheelbarrow got wheeled out, and the thimble is no more.
—Tony Hicks, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2017
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Even a tiny amount of VX, less than would fill a thimble, can kill.
—Jonathan Cheng, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2017
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But the same can’t be said for the thimble, boot or wheelbarrow.
—Paul Ziobro, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2017
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Line cooks use a thimble for near constant taste tests.
—Larissa Zimberoff, Wired, 17 Dec. 2020
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Salsa: At the truck, Mario’s doles out its pulpy jalapeño verde and tangy chile de árbol by the thimble full.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Dec. 2017
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Attach a spinning or baitcasting reel to the base and load a spool of line onto the thimble.
—Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
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Throw in chalk, a measuring tape, a thimble, and some color pins.
—Neeti Mehra, Treehugger, 13 Sep. 2023
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Lily gave the dresses a final once-over, then removed the thimble from her finger.
—David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
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The Saudi’s basically just said OK, Joe, here’s your thimble of oil, now run along.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022
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In the Ch4rm lookbook, male models sport square-toe dress shoes—a Russian staple—and women don denim skirts the size of a thimble.
—Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2021
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The novel in its spaciousness allows world enough and time for epochs to evolve, but the short story must seize in its thimble, all at once, crisis and its crux.
—Cynthia Ozick, New York Times, 14 May 2018
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Flexibility is the strong point of a task light, a cold gel pack, a rubber thimble and a hybrid tent hammock.
—Judi Dash, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018
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This stylish basket contains all the essentials to finish their next sewing project, from scissors and thread to measuring tape and a thimble.
—Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2022
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The thimble won't be included in the newest version of the cult game, which rolls out in the fall, but that's not necessarily permanent.
—Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2017
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A thimble would have contained their humility with room left over for an elephant.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 4 June 2016
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Meanwhile, the rest of the family is saddled with thimbles, wheelbarrows, and a single unlaced shoe.
—Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023
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There’s one possible state where the molecules are crowded into the thimble.
—Quanta Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
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The powder essentially falls into a cup akin to a small thimble, where it is placed into a small oven and heated to temperatures of 500ºC, and above.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 June 2018
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Black holes are the most massive gravitational engines in the universe, yet what most of us probably know about them could fit into a thimble.
—Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
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Said to be beloved by the fairies, the bluebells have a number of delightful nicknames: witches’ thimbles, lady’s nightcap, harebells, fairy flowers, crow’s toes.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
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There is a level of impact harshness, however, that borders on flinty, likely the result of those low-profile tires that look like rubber bands wrapped around thimbles.
—Car and Driver, 14 Dec. 2017
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The humblest object in the exhibition, a golden thimble, carries the most history.
—Peter Saenger, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
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Flores transfers gallon jars of jalapeño verde into plastic thimbles with snap-on lids for carryout orders.
—Mike Sutter, Bon Appetit, 6 June 2018
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Home gardens may see nesting mourning dove, a covey of baby quail, or the miracle of tiny hummingbird chicks hatching from miniature eggs in a nest not much bigger than a large thimble.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
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Levi's also found a way to create its signature faded denim, by using just a thimble of water and ozone gas instead of the traditional method, which can use up to 42 liters of water.
—Isabelle Gerretsen and Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 3 May 2020
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Unfortunately, there is no way to obtain that much power from a source that fits inside a thimble without the possibility of tragedy.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2019
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The artifacts include silverware, keys, thimbles, rare coins and even a mysterious gold box that conservators have yet to get open.
—Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 17 June 2018
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Artifacts found at the site, from rabbit and bird bones to mollusk shells, soldiers’ buttons, buckles, thimbles and a comb, paint a portrait of a lively hub frequented by locals and travelers alike.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 16 Oct. 2019
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Specifically, 15 wooden nesting dolls ranging in size from a tiny thimble to a Starbucks venti latte.
—Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2020
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