How to Use thumbs-up in a Sentence

thumbs-up

noun
  • Tagged to the end of her text: a thumbs-up and sparkly heart emoji.
    Melissa Giannini, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Then there’s the quiet ones who will give a thumbs-up or a heart emoji.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Barry gives the kit the thumbs-up for how quickly children can dive in and play.
    Korin Miller, wsj.com, 15 Nov. 2023
  • With that, the student gave a thumbs-up and skateboarded off.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 July 2023
  • The first time a photo of me appeared in The New York Times, my father sent a thumbs-up emoji.
    Adam Tendler, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Look for a break in the heat waves, the first crisp morning, or the last true summer storm to give you the thumbs-up to hang a fall wreath on your front door.
    Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Yet when people see soldiers pass, many clap or give them a thumbs-up.
    Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Folks in cars were honking horns and giving thumbs-ups and waving.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
  • Video shows that Biden at one point walked toward a group of parachutists who had just landed and gave them two thumbs-up.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 19 June 2024
  • In the photo, Connor gave a thumbs-up to the camera and wore some nice golfing attire.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
  • Demonstrators stopped him for a photo or gave him a thumbs-up.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • In the first snap, Zendaya is dressed in full snorkeling gear, giving a thumbs-up to the camera.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Before the ambulance left the field, Harris was able to motion a thumbs-up signal to the crowd.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The boy had terrible burns on his face, Elder said, but despite the pain would lift his arm to give a thumbs-up.
    Niha Masih, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Garcetti stands next to the two men and others, smiling and giving a double thumbs-up gesture.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • There are dozens and dozens of big thumbs-ups from happy customers, but your eye keeps landing on the few cranky complaints.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 21 June 2024
  • Just a simple thumbs-up and silence to mark another day’s work.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2024
  • By the end of the track, V gives all the performers a thumbs-up for a job well done and jokingly collapses into his seat.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
  • After each player gave the thumbs-up, the crowd at Roland-Garros booed Kasatkina.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • Where my head of white hair as seen on TV when right-handed batters were up, got me thumbs-ups in the produce section at the grocery store.
    Ellen Murphy, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • But the only suite with a line out the door is the one where Trump stands behind a black-clothed barrier, posing for thumbs-up pictures with fans.
    Time, 21 Aug. 2023
  • And for Adam to come over and give us the thumbs-up on a creative decision for the performances and also the camera and everything else meant the world to us.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Those who follow defense research give the Air Force’s decision a thumbs-up.
    Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 23 June 2023
  • Two thumbs-up: Typing with thumbs at the bottom of a screen is so much easier that Amazon redid its shopping app to move the search bar there.
    Fox News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Exiting the courtroom on a break, Trump responded to a question from the Daily News about how Blanche was doing with a thumbs-up.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 16 May 2024
  • Julian Khater, whom Mellis identifies by name in the video, gives a thumbs-up and recites a prayer written on a piece of paper into the phone.
    Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • Even though there was no handshake after that match, Azarenka gave Svitolina a thumbs-up salute.
    David Waldstein, New York Times, 13 July 2023
  • At the end of the video, Frank then turned to the cameraman and smiled big, offering a thumbs-up after the successful interaction.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2023
  • While speaking with Fallon, Williams also poked fun at her and Swift’s signature pose in photos: a thumbs-up.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Similarly, the third and fourth seasons received the thumbs-up before the second season aired.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023

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