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fingers

noun as in appendage of hand

verb as in touch lightly

verb as in choose, designate

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Example Sentences

We haven't had any real fan reaction yet, but our collective fingers are crossed.

But his fingers moved through her silky strands of hair, and then down her neck.

“The dress is just fishnet and crystals and a couple fingers crossed,” Selman told Style.com of the dress.

With senility's fingers at his throat, it was clear that no more movies were going to be made.

Patrons eat their cannoli slowly and deliberately, dabbing the powdered sugar on their plates with licked fingers.

Again the sallow fingers began to play with the book-covers, passing from one to another, but always slowly and gently.

The fingers of all the clocks in the house were revolving with the most extraordinary rapidity--she was helpless.

Lamb with shaking fingers places the required amount in front of him.

Now and then he touched one with his long and sallow fingers, lifted its cover, then let it drop mechanically.

She was putting her papers tidy again with calm fingers, while his own were almost cramped with the energy of suppressed desire.

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On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fingers, such as: claw, hook, digit, antenna, extremity, and tentacle.

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

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