How to Use thumbnail in a Sentence

thumbnail

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  • You can see a larger version of the picture by clicking on the thumbnail.
  • If the game is on, click the game thumbnail to watch live.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2021
  • If the game is on, tap the game thumbnail to watch live.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2021
  • At birth, the joey is about the size of a human thumbnail.
    — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 30 Apr. 2022
  • That’s about the size of your thumbnail held at arm’s length.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The shirt in question is not the one seen in the music video's thumbnail.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Click on the thumbnail at right to see the area covered by the image.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Tap any thumbnail to view the clip, download, share, or delete it.
    — PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Run your thumbnail along this line from head to tail, squeezing out all the blood.
    — Ryan Wichelns, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
  • This looks very cool but is that Geralt of Rivia in the thumbnail of this video?
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Some of Barbara’s thumbnail sketches are little more than the date of death and the next of kin.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The faces on YouTube thumbnails might start to look a bit different.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2023
  • But your best bet is to find running shoes that fit well and feel good from the start, with that thumbnail rule in mind.
    — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 12 Sep. 2023
  • In the video’s thumbnail, two inflated breasts held up a poop Minecraft brick.
    — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Creators can test a caption or thumbnail, but not both at the same time.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The screen is on you, while the Twitter thumbnail of your guests also appears in the image.
    — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Use your thumbnail to pierce the skin at the top, then squeeze out the bright, spring-green bean using your thumb and forefinger.
    — Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Just like on an iPad with a home button, a thumbnail of the screenshot will appear.
    — Zachary Visconti, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Sometimes, there are just thumbnails of body parts, like a smooth ass or a bicep.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 29 June 2019
  • They were still made of cardboard, but each flap revealed a small chocolate, about the size of a thumbnail.
    — Sally Schwartz, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Jackson added pieces of the bill that displayed the number 100 to the thumbnail and middle finger.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Come take a trip down memory lane with us and click on any thumbnail to view a full size version of the page.
    — courier-journal.com, 15 May 2018
  • Carefully scrape the hard scales off the plant with an old toothbrush or your thumbnail.
    — Melinda Myers, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Some show their face in a thumbnail in the corner of the screen so viewers can see their reactions.
    — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 2 May 2021
  • These spikes were also added to his hot pink thumbnail as well, which was snipped to be the only short nail on his hand.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 28 May 2021
  • For one, the butterflies are roughly the size of a human thumbnail.
    — Jake Safane, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Use a bad thumbnail photo or title and no one will click.
    — Mark Bergen, Bloomberg.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Pull back the husk to expose a full-grown kernel, then push your thumbnail into it.
    — Sunset Magazine, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Employees of the shop noticed thumbnail images of the naked child on the hard drive, and alerted the police.
    — Dana Burke, Houston Chronicle, 28 June 2018
  • The widget will also display the title and artist of the current track, along with a small thumbnail of the album art.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2020

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