1.   With a loud hiccough the red-cheeked infant detached his thumb from his mouth and laughed as he held out his hand.

2.   And a couple of generations -- some riding airplanes from the West Coast, some riding their thumbs from wherever -- went to Woodstock last weekend.

3.   Before long, a St. Jean Holy Moly may become the wine equivalent of two thumbs up from Siskel and Ebert.

4.   A tablespoon is the length of your thumb from the tip to the first joint.

5.   Call me when you pull your battered, bruised and bloodied thumb from the maw of a calico bass.

6.   Despite the vociferous thumbs down from the anti-government crowd, there are plenty of readers who agree with the president and me.

7.   Grudzielanek has a sore right thumb from the ligament he tore this season.

8.   I can make left or right mouse clicks simply by tilting my thumb from side to side.

9.   On his left hand, there was no telling where the pain might settle in his thumb from one day to the next.

10.   The plan, which would drastically alter the look and street life of the financial district, elicited a tentative thumbs up from the city.