fingernail

Example Sentences

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When used together, these ingredients produced a formula that allowed a smartphone to register a fingernail touch, marking an important early success.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

"I only found a tiny little bit," she said, showing a fraction of her little fingernail.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Two days after the match, a small bruise appeared under my fingernail.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

Except for one picked cuticle on a fingernail, which was ever so slightly rimmed with blood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

A flock of miniature origami birds taking flight, the largest the size of an open palm, the smallest the size of a fingernail, all faintly striped with notepaper lines.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng