Sense and Thumb

Sense

Sense verb - To have a vague awareness of.

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Thumb and sense are semantically related In some cases you can use "Thumb" instead a verb "Sense".

Thumb verb - To travel by securing free rides.

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Sense and thumb are semantically related in touch topic. Sometimes you can use "Sense" instead a verb "Thumb".

Nearby Words: thumbed, thumbing

human	human sense	human thumb
similar	similar sense	similar thumb
complete	complete sense	complete thumb
powerful	powerful sense	powerful thumb
Other adjectives: cruel, less, literal, metaphorical.

However, in Trilogy of Error, when Homer accidentally gets one of his thumbs cut off, Hibbert suggests that the other thumb should get cut off for "a sense of symmetry".

Source: Comically Inept Healing
With her chaotic family life, her mismatched fashion sense, and her bright red hair, she sticks out like a sore thumb.

Source: Literature / Eleanor And Park
Soichi is not a supervillain and he hasn't got the world under his thumb, but he's a damned terrifying force when his protectiveness of his brother, his sense of justice or his hatred of gays is crossed, which is often.

Source: Magnificent Bastard / Anime

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