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Those responses included pressing a button using either the index or middle finger on either hand.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Galactic power and privilege literally placed themselves on Hal’s finger simply because he answered one question correctly.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

A smart ring, worn on the finger of the athletes, assists in monitoring their data away from the track.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

At a Gaullist campaign rally in 1968, Malraux put his finger on a weakness of conservative economic thought.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

My hat came next; he drew it down over my brow, slipped a finger under the brim and tucked back a strand of hair, and settled the wool over the tips of my ears.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Particularly impressive were improvements in robotic hands, Sarkar said, wiggling his fingers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

John’s left arm had atrophied, his hand now basically a claw, and two of his fingers were numb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Another said, “You can’t snap your fingers and get a spouse on demand, sadly.”

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

The better strategy would be to put up four fingers, load the bases and bring Raleigh up to the plate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

She grips my fingers so tightly they hurt.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

"It's more a theme park than a shopping mall," Germany supporter Michael Karg, 48, said as he fingered through an A-Z list of restaurants on a digital directory.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

So it didn't take long for Mr Freeman – legally known as Desmond Filby – to be fingered as the alleged culprit.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

And it fingered Diana Teran, its own constitutional policing advisor, as the source of the leak, even though Teran was the one who’d initially reported it and denied passing along the information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2024

And while a species commonly known as "the rat flea" has been fingered as the main culprit in plague outbreaks, a species known as "the human flea" may play a secondary role.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024

He shook his head and fingered the brooch at his throat.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

Other remaining brand-name correspondents, including the ageless Lesley Stahl, for a while were feared to be fingering their rip cords too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

"I tend now to play parts of chords, rather than fingering the whole damn thing. I use these shortcuts that would be a nightmare for a guitar teacher."

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023

She had a leopard scarf elegantly wrapped around her head and was fingering a glittering ring and staring blankly into the distance.

From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2023

He looked away, fingering a frayed edge of the carpet.

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022

But Tall Andras rubbed his hand across his thick blond beard, looked across the marketplace to where Water Claire stood fingering ribbons at a stall, and said to his mates, “She could be wed.”

From "Son" by Lois Lowry