thumbtack

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2024

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 • Feb. 15, 2024

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

From Washington Times • Aug. 28, 2023

“Honey! Did you see the picture of Angie’s labradoodle?” she might ask as I walked into her small white room to thumbtack another family photo to the otherwise bare walls.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2023

She busied herself with sticking the thumbtack a little tighter into the wall.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake