1.   And when blood from the AIDS patient began spurting onto her medical coat, she stopped the blood by putting her thumb over the catheter.

2.   Father Julien said, hooking a thumb over his left shoulder to where a circle of the Altar Society ladies stood talking.

3.   Her grandpa offered his hand and she grasped his thumb over her head and twirled.

4.   Master P settled for hooking his thumbs over his shorts.

5.   The gangster might bankrupt a family with predatory loans, or commandeer a local business, or crush a few thumbs over gambling debts.

6.   Then, still with your thumb over the cork and cage, angle the bottle away from everyone and very slowly twist the bottle, not the cork.

7.   They put their thumbs over the top of the bottles, shook them up and chugged the cold soda.

8.   With a smile, McCartney juts his thumb over his right shoulder.

9.   Yet he sprained his thumb over the summer, an injury that never has properly healed and has contributed to some disappointing performances.

10.   The police building in Argun now sticks out like a sore thumb over the surrounding wreckage.