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
• Williams was the next to last out, followed by Wilmore, who gave two gloved thumbs-up.
  — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
• Presti asked Paul his opinion on Daigneault, and Paul gave a thumbs-up.
  — Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
• Then there’s the quiet ones who will give a thumbs-up or a heart emoji.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• Williams was next-to-last out, followed by Wilmore who gave two gloved thumbs-up.
  — Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
• 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
• President Biden and Obama gave the campaign to make D.C. the 51st state a thumbs-up.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
• In the middle of the photo, Garcetti is smiling, giving two thumbs-ups.
  — Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024
• 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
• In that image, Connor could be seen giving a thumbs-up to the camera.
  — Nicholas Rice, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
• Folks in cars were honking horns and giving thumbs-ups and waving.
  — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
• The thumbs-up that Trump gave while posing for the cameras wasn’t respectful.
  — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Sep. 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
• The Duke of Sussex took in the tribute with emotion as the crowd stood on their feet and cheered, fighting back tears and throwing a thumbs-up.
  — Janine Henni, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
• The selfie shows the suspect smiling at the camera and giving a thumbs-up gesture.
  — Lauren Del Valle, Jean Casarez and Holly Yan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
• 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
• From thumbs-up to thumbs-downs, here’s how critics are reacting.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Djokovic stopped, turned around and responded by giving two thumbs-up.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025
• Just a simple thumbs-up and silence to mark another day’s work.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2024
• After waiting in line, Mr. Biden gave a thumbs-up to election workers at 12:23 p.m. ET.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Oct. 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