How to Use thumbs-up in a Sentence

thumbs-up

noun

• The man came back, hurrying down the drive, and gave me a thumbs-up.
  — Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
• Tagged to the end of her text: a thumbs-up and sparkly heart emoji.
  — Melissa Giannini, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
• In the arenas of ancient Rome, the thumbs-up was a matter of life and death.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
• 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
• In the picture, he is seen smiling and giving a thumbs-up gesture.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
• 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
• The response was a resounding thumbs-up to what her daughter had come up with.
  — Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
• 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 thumbs-up sign Ru gave her on the runway was really funny.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
• The opening image on Cornyn’s website is a photo of the two men together, both of them giving a thumbs-up.
  — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• The two men posed, grinning and giving a thumbs-up, for a photo that was posted to Graham’s X account.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026
• Sellier eventually gave a thumbs-up and was escorted off the ice in a stretcher.
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
• However, Goepper stood up on his own two feet, gave a thumbs-up and a smile and walked off on his own.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026