Over time, the mere sight of an upraised thumb came to symbolize harmony and kind feelings.

Marcus answered with the upraised thumb of the gladiato- rial arena.

Abbas responded first with upraised thumb, then with a clenched fist.

Mr. Sylla usually expressed himself with an upraised thumb or a finger drawn across his throat.

Jube made a gun of his hand and his upraised thumb went back and forth.

A few inches tall, the antenna resembles a tiny fist with an upraised thumb.

He switched to an upraised thumb as she came up to the sooty stop sign.

And he gave them the salute of upraised thumbs.

She raised her right hand and clasped his, pressing her upraised thumb against his.

Stoner put out a gloved hand and covered the planet of his birth with an upraised thumb.