fingers
Example Sentences
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The gesture, made famous by Leonard Nimoy's character Spock, involves raising the hand with the middle and ring fingers parted.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
After moving heavy boxes of metal tools and parts by hand between cargo pallets, he strolls over, steps into the box, sits down and smiles, running his fingers through his hair like in the shower.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
And, notably, they eat Cane’s, whether it’s buying entire orders of just Texas toast or dunking their entire hand into a fountain cup of Cane’s Sauce and licking it off their fingers.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Another said, “You can’t snap your fingers and get a spouse on demand, sadly.”
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Glancing up, he saw with a start that his fingers were a hair’s breadth away from a large splayed hand that had been hammer-etched deep into the stone.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
