forefinger
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They’re lightweight, attach to your forefinger and fit comfortably in your palm, so you can carry other items and nearly forget they’re there until you need them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
In a study published in 2022, Makin used a nerve blocker to temporarily mimic the effect of amputation of the forefinger in her subjects.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
Simultaneously, people had to press a button on the steering wheel with their left forefinger each time a small device attached to their left collarbone vibrated.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023
Carmy asks if his mom was psycho as he nervously drums a spoon between his thumb and forefinger.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2023
“Well, I guess you could say we’re in quite a fix,” said Francis, rubbing his eyes with thumb and forefinger.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
To emphasize the designer’s practicality-meets-design approach, Rogen gestured to another Bosse creation, this one a hand-shaped brass ashtray with forefingers poised mid-pinch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024
Press the butter pieces between your thumbs and forefingers into small, flat pieces.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
When she landed firm and kept her footing on her final jump, she pointed one, then both forefingers to the sky.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
And then, perhaps, he puts his thumbs and forefingers together to form a square so that he can look at her through the square.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2018
Very deliberately, Kingshaw inserted his forefingers under the string, and pulled the satchel off his back.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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