Sentences with phrase «under one's thumb»

The controls are right under your thumb when you are holding the device, intuitive and easy.

... And they enjoy being out from under the thumb.

The power / lock and volume rocker keys are located towards the middle of the right side of the X Style, falling nicely under thumb and finger.

But there is something that you can do differently to make sure that your family isn't subject to living under the thumb of someone else or subject to the circumstances.

Oh, and we can't forget that handy volume button under the thumb sticks.

A pair of page turn buttons sits at either side of the screen, resting under your thumb in a way that's comfortable enough to provoke a deep, satisfied sigh.

The plastic used on the home key has been upgraded too, with a more solid feel under the thumb when you press down to get back to the main home screen.

Made of what feels like firm rubber, it doesn't really travel under your thumb as you use it, instead reacting to pressure in 360 degrees of directions.

These proportions also put the side mounted power button cum screen lock switch directly under thumb or finger for easy one handed operation.

Aside from the standard left and right mouse clicks there's two buttons residing on the left - hand side that fall perfectly under the thumb.

The controls for these and the water spray are well positioned under the thumb.

Did the ribs on the back left under your thumb not move as much as the right?

Two buttons under your thumb trigger water spray and steam shot.

But it was just the opposite; grant maintained schools had far more autonomy than schools under the thumb of the local education authority.

Probably under the thumb and his girlfriend ordered him to play bad - pathetic.

Even so, once you get used to the controller under your thumbs it gets easier to access all the various commands.

Hold the triangle by one corner, from the other two numbers work out or recall the number hidden under the thumb.

As you might expect in a lightweight car, the doors have a thin cross section and some body panels flex under thumb pressure.

The keys are angled so they're easily defined under the thumbs and it's easy to get up to impressive typing speeds.

Finally, on the left - hand side of the mouse there's two thin buttons that fall neatly under your thumb, and a larger circular button that lies just at the tip.

It's a clear and simple interface, except for one thing: the home button is right under my thumb joint, where it's incredibly easy to accidentally press.

Fold four alternate corner sections down to the centre of the paper, holding each section under your thumb at the centre as you work.

It can't possibly get worse that what the western world lived under when it was under the thumb of the one and only, most holy Catholic church for 1500 years.

It's also very comfortable to hold, with all the buttons you use most often right under your thumb.

Leaders of the Kings County Democratic Party — the organization former Assemblyman Vito Lopez kept under his thumb for seven years until deposed by scandal — today lamented the once - powerful politician's death this morning.

Though it works well in portrait mode, and the forward page turn button falls naturally under your thumb when held one - handed with the right hand, landscape mode seems more book - like to me, eliminates the top - heaviness of holding it in portrait mode, and again, the buttons (whether the D - pad or the forward button) fall naturally under your left - hand thumb.

Buckley is on phosphorescent form as flame - haired islander Moll, a twentysomething misfit who is still firmly under the thumb of her domineering mother.

Things that would send anyone screaming from the room if they didn't have mantras, dogma, and brainwashing to hold them in place under their thumbs...

Now we will begin to reap the consequences of the last few decades as the pendulum swings the other direction as a result of these populations being crushed under the thumbs of western supported dictators.

The Windows key is more problematic to get to when held like this in which case the charms would be better placed, but when used in landscape orientation the key is right under your thumb so can be activated easily, though it does take some getting used to.

But then we thought about the 14 - year - old farmer's daughter who thought she was taking a job in a restaurant, was deceived by a corrupt system, and who was now held under the thumb of a pimp, forced to sleep with five or more older men a night in some seedy brothel.

Got ta keep people under your thumb and keep the money rolling in...

How diligent will teachers be in implementing their school's anti-bullying strategies while under the thumb of a bullying principal?

Fortunately all the buttons are within easy reach along the right edge — Sony's trademark rounded power button sits comfortably under the thumb of right - handed users, and for lefties, it's easy to hit with your middle finger.

a slide pad under the thumb acts more like a mouse as its sliding around as if a mouse ball would or a THUMB NUB on a touch screen

With the ball located under your thumb, the M570 keeps your fingers free for use on the traditional left / right - click mouse buttons, as well as two additional back and forward buttons to the left of them, and a traditional scroll wheel.

Whatever his political persuasion, he was an unconscionable fraudster with too much power under his thumb.

The fine print of Goldman's agreement with shareholder AFSCME places weak independent board members even more under the thumb of CEO Lloyd Blankfein.

Readers will feel and understand the swirling ethnic tensions that the British purposly stoked in order to keep the country under its thumb even as they are entertained by the account of the downfall of the once wealthy and influential Obeysekere family.

But the State Board — now under the thumb of a new education agency, the Center for Education and Career Innovation — may have different ideas.

Shelly sets the tone for the culture of Albany, and he has yet to declare a zero tolerance for these organizations to exist under the thumb of members and sexual harassment warnings; his slack enforcement emboldens them, and his response to Lopez was just weak - kneed.

Their relationship isn't portrayed as one of those hellacious ones in which the abuser keeps the abused under his thumb by threatening her.

We get all our animals from countries not under the thumb of AR groups and thereby lose all possibility of encouraging responsible breeding and humane animal husbandry.

Second, while the public sphere appeals to many in schooling, keep in mind that the more «public» the oversight, the more likely it is that schools and teachers will be very much under the thumb of elected officials and voters.

Nonetheless, the temporary discomfort of sacrifice will pale in comparison to the relief you will feel when you are no longer under the thumb of crippling debt.

You'll find that the power / lock key on the right, and the volume rocker on the left, fall easily under thumb and finger when you're holding the phone in portrait, and OnePlus continues with its notification slider on the side of the handset, allowing you to easily switch between silent, do not disturb and loud modes.