How to Use thumbprint in a Sentence

thumbprint

noun
  • He left a dirty thumbprint on the page.
  • Duxbury’s thumbprint and shoe print were found in the apartment.
    — Gal Tziperman Lotan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Just as my thumbprints are unique, so are God’s plan for my life.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 7 July 2017
  • Many couldn’t even read the document, and marked it with a thumbprint.
    — Lorraine Mallinder, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Think of it like a cross between selfies and thumbprint scans but for your face.
    — Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Rebeca had dipped her finger in ink and signed with a thumbprint.
    — Rachel Nolan, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Or they can be made into thumbprint cookies, filled with a spoonful of good jam.
    — David Tanis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • This pie plate is made from stoneware with a white glaze and a scalloped thumbprint design around the edges.
    — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023
  • While thumbprints are still warm, use a small spoon to scoop praline into centers.
    — Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2019
  • For a super Southern spin, try our recipe for thumbprints rolled in benne seeds.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Collins hopes Google’s thumbprints aren’t all over the AI video outputs.
    — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Get flavors of two iconic Southern recipes in these cheese thumbprints.
    — Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Gun dealers would ask state police to do the check and submit a thumbprint from their customer.
    — oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023
  • There’s a process to create something that’s got a thumbprint and an identity to it.
    — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
  • The scent comes packaged in a sleek, shallow compact with a subtle thumbprint that swivels open.
    — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Bake for 5 minutes, then remove from the oven and create a thumbprint in each cookie.
    — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
  • When patties are made, make a thumbprint in the center of each to prevent the meat from puffing it on the grill.
    — Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 19 May 2021
  • For the thumbprints, add a blackberry on top and pipe chocolate legs to create spiders.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2024
  • A number of islanders learned to read and write; others signed documents with a thumbprint.
    — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
  • Hudson’s thumbprint was later found on the car’s rear view mirror, the document states.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2022
  • There’s also a state-of-the-art wine cellar that requires the owner’s thumbprint for access.
    — sun-sentinel.com, 25 July 2019
  • The piece is a seven-foot-high glass thumbprint that represents the many Crow chiefs who signed such treaties with a thumbprint.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The other documents appear to bear thumbprints.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2025
  • For lemon bars, thumbprint cookies, and beyond, consider stirring up a sweet-tart egg yolk sauce with lemons or limes.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2022
  • To see his crops, visitors are escorted past a door unlocked with a thumbprint and through an airlock.
    — The Economist, 4 July 2020
  • This spin on classic thumbprint cookies is guaranteed to delight the chocolate lover in your life.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026
  • But stumbling into a town with a visual landscape that still shows Guedes' thumbprint was a delight.
    — Matt Ozug, NPR, 17 June 2026
  • Just press your finger over the right area of the screen - indicated by a thumbprint image - and the phone unlocks.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2018
  • Just press your finger over the right area of the screen — indicated by a thumbprint image — and the phone unlocks.
    — Geoffrey Fowler, courant.com, 6 July 2018
  • Makes about 3 dozen The smallest children, with just a little help, can make these thumbprint cookies for mom.
    — Karoline Boehm Goodnick, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023

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