This one gets a qualified thumbs-up from Daryn Kagan.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2004] Reference

Doctors giving Ebert a thumbs-up for a full recovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2006] Reference

His game is subtler -- comments, nuances, thumbs-up photos.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jesse Primary] Reference

Perhaps that's why we saw the thumbs-up in the class photo.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2009] Reference

BRYANT: Well, it looks like a thumbs-up for satellite radio.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2005] Reference

And surprisingly, it's gotten a thumbs-up from military brass.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Troops Spoof Lady Gaga Video] Reference

He winks and gives you a thumbs-up then turns back to the game.    From Wordnik.com.  ["You Go"] Reference

Huey gives a thumbs-up from the sofa, and turns back to the TV.    From Wordnik.com.  ["You Go"] Reference

You do a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, that will help to determine.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2009] Reference

You see the numbers there -- 66 percent giving him a thumbs-up.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2009] Reference

Robert in Washington -- why are you doing thumbs-up over there?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2005] Reference

Yet, the Excursion's helmsman gives thumbs-up as he rumbles on by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Road Test | Mini Cooper : Mine Is Smaller!] Reference

BRAZILE: Jamaal, thumbs-up, thumbs-down on the cabinet selections?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2008] Reference

Forget the summary thumbs-up or - down reviews - there aren't any.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grrls Town] Reference

"Palme d'Or," he cooed, giving the startled director a thumbs-up sign.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Lynch's New Peak] Reference

In other words, thumbs-up for a benchmark that might be met eventually.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2007] Reference

Business-wise, we're getting a huge thumbs-up, that was an awesome move.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 7, 2005] Reference

She glanced at them, got the thumbs-up from Mike, and took a deep breath.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel] Reference

He invariably emerges from his annual checkups waving the thumbs-up signal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush's Heart Scare] Reference

UP WITH LAYOFFSInvestors gave a thumbs-up to AT&T's breakup and layoff plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Whom Bell Tolls] Reference

For now, the Reality Coalition gets a thumbs-up for its latest production. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coen brothers’ take on “clean coal”: No country for old energy] Reference

When they pass Iraqis on the road, the locals sometimes give them a thumbs-up.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grunt's War] Reference

Well, Iraq's likely to give the thumbs-up to a security agreement with the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2008] Reference

Her pediatrician gave a thumbs-up to chocolate milk consumption -- in moderation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just can't swallow the anti-chocolate milk argument] Reference

Pecina and his troops are perplexed when some locals give them the thumbs-up sign.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Do You Trust?] Reference

Japan's Food Safety Commission is giving the thumbs-up to resume sales of U.S. beef.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2005] Reference

LEMON: Well, today we have a thumbs-up for one of America's best-known film critics.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2007] Reference

So far, the market has given a restrained thumbs-up to the European bank stress tests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funding Test for European Banks] Reference

To understand, try holding your arm out in front of you and making the thumbs-up sign.    From Wordnik.com.  [What It Takes To Survive] Reference

If you only have 1,000 outages to report, that's -- that's thumbs-up, no question about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2007] Reference

The soldiers have been misinformed that a thumbs-up is regarded as an obscene gesture by Arabs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grunt's War] Reference

The crime-time spin off, "CSI: Miami," getting a thumbs-up already from critics after the premiere.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2002] Reference

Mr. POTTER: Anybody that can make a six-year-old enjoy her vegetables has got a thumbs-up in my book.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Frontier For Geeks: The Kitchen] Reference

The sheikh offered a polite wave, a smile and a thumbs-up, and grown men could be seen blowing kisses in his direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manchester City's new confidence leads to best yet under Mancini] Reference