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finger

[fing-ger] / ˈfɪŋ gər /






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Son put his finger to his lips in the universal “shhh” sign and then did his patented camera celebration — click! — miming a snapshot.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Young Garry was born with an extra finger on each hand, which were removed during childhood.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The study does not show that finger length directly determines brain size.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

"You couldn't even get your little finger in there. It's been a year and a half, but my eye still feels strained and I constantly want to force it open," she told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

She twirled her finger, gesturing that I should turn around.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

As Mars sang "put your pinky rings up to the moon", thousands of little fingers rose into the air.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

I had my fingers crossed that “Late Night” would haul out Mee-Maw for one last jig when it returned on Monday.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

Metres away, other photographers yelled instructions to ornately dressed young women who held their fingers in victory signs and arched their backs for the camera.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

And they didn’t point fingers at anyone — anyone at all.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

He winks to show me he’s joking, but my fingers squeeze the piece of cookie I’m holding, crumbling it.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

"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

They attacked France as a liar who had fingered Leasure to save himself.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 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

Lina hesitated a moment, then put her hand inside and fingered the bits of paper.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

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

For more than a decade, scientists have debated which animals alive today hail from that earliest sister, fingering two phyla as the most likely candidates: sponges and comb jellies.

From Science Magazine May 17, 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

“Jenny Early,” Mrs. Murphy sighs, fingering a particularly pretty yellow floral dress.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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