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finger

[fing-ger] / ˈfɪŋ gər /






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Participants therefore had to recognize that the associations had changed, learn the new ones, and respond with the correct button using the appropriate hand and finger.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

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

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Pearl diving often relied on the barest necessities: a noseclip, leather finger covers and a basket to gather oysters.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

She coils one of her locs around the tip of her index finger and tilts her head slightly as she thinks.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

He taped the unfeeling fingers to the functioning ones so that he could grip a baseball, then, resembling “a little boy throwing against the steps of his back porch,” threw against a wall.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Roggatz, 35, dutifully got to work ridding his grass of the gifts from his dogs, Django and Scout, with a plastic bag pinched between his fingers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

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

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Next he laces his fingers behind his blond curls and, mouthing something, looks up toward the ceiling.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

"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

Speculation has fingered everyone from political insiders to drug traffickers as the ones behind Colosio’s assassination, which contributed to a sense of upheaval in Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2025

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 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

She fingered her necklace of light, the gift of the Brisings.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Chopin sought to convey these moods through explicit performing directions about fingering, pedaling and slurring.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 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

Milton Stephanides, a twenty- year-old college student, stood at his own bedroom window, dexterously fingering his clarinet.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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