thumbtack造句

He affixed the picture to the wall with a thumbtack.

Someone pulls the thumbtack out of the tire, which makes it hard for the owner to find where the hole is.

"It was my big hope that people would get [the message] right away and at least put a thumbtack on the map as far as our location," Buck said.

But it is now much more common for hypnotists simply to ask a subject to stare at a small, stationary object—such as a colored thumbtack on the wall—during the “induction patter,” which usually consists of soothing words about relaxation and suggestions to concentrate.