The man's own story was an open page which needed no thumbing of the Tuscarora County history to find.
The big fellow stoppedthumbing his ledger, greeted him with a jovial shout, and directed him toward a stratum of rock which the workmen had recently unearthed.
The proletaire have risen and arethumbing their nose at the gods.
People gets into foolish habits on the range," he said, thumbing the strong rope curiously, and so doing, spreading out the noose.
He was standing musing, thumbing his lean jaw, looking aslant; suddenly he crossed to his hall, took down his hat, and went out.
He stood for a minute thumbing his lean and shaven jaw; then, with another glance at the board, he walked slowly across the square to Number Six.
I was glad when he ceased thumbing the bedposts and left me.
Dan, thumbing through the loose papers on the table, made no reply.
He sat down, thumbing through the pages of a magazine.
Thumbing over his shoulder at Zolan, he added, "but what he said goes for me.
All this time Benjamin stood thumbing the leaves of a prayer-book with great industry; but some unexpected difficulties prevented his finding the place.
Wes leaped at him, his steely fingers thumbing into the man's throat and throttling its scream to a gasping choke.
Clee, viciously thumbing into the air where the invisible Xantra's neck was.
Thumbing through the records, he found the number and led us to the proper place in the rack.
I saw that he was thumbing a copy of the scenario, or detailed working manuscript of the story, making notations in some kind of little book, and it was that which enabled me to establish his identity at a glance.
Dancing-women followed, keeping step to the thumbing of their tambours.
Games, dances, songs, the thumbing of stringed instruments, the whistle of pipes and the ringing of trumpets, gave vent to the spirit of abandon among the motley crowds of people.
He ceased rummaging among the bundles of documents piled up on the bench, stopped thumbing papers so as to hide his perturbation, and waving the first sheet that came to his hand, he went on.
He was so busy with Party affairs, and thumbing his big books upstairs, that he did not know how things were going at home.
