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finger

noun as in appendage of hand

verb as in touch lightly

verb as in choose, designate

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The only thing that’s slowed him down is injuries: a left finger sprain and a left leg contusion suffered in the second game of the season in which he still put up 49 points.

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He used a palette knife, sharp instruments, even his fingers, to scrape the paint.

Ironically, considering her profession, she is missing her left ring finger, a loss that is noted several times but cannily goes unexplained.

Dark clouds started swirling and bulging downward, lower and lower, like a giant, twisting finger pointing at the countryside.

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They reached out their arms to represent the branches, and wiggle their fingers like leaves in the wind.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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