thumbtack

Example Sentences

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He pulled a white thumbtack from his pocket and stuck it in the white paint of the sign.

From Literature

You’ll also need scissors, white paper, tape, aluminum foil and a pin or thumbtack.

From New York Times

The methyl group acts like a tiny thumbtack set out on the seat the antibiotic was hoping to take, Polikanov said.

From Los Angeles Times

Broadcaster TVE showed a thumbtack that its reporter on a motorbike found on the course.

From Washington Times

It’s as visually pulse-pounding as thumbtacks on a driveway, and an invitation to close one’s eyes and concentrate on the A.S.M.R. pleasure of shuddering steel.

From New York Times