finger

Example Sentences

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Carty Finkbeiner, a former three-time Toledo mayor who has known the Block family for decades, recalls one of the protesters giving him the finger at the party.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Digital forensics researchers were quick to explain the "extra" finger: a trick of light that made part of his palm resemble an additional digit.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Ordinarily, I would have said, “Well, this is really hard to prove, and putting the finger on any individual is going to be very difficult.”

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Pointing a tiny finger, she said, “That boy at the back with the round hair.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck