fingernail

Example Sentences

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"Under my fingernails, it's no longer the sacred earth of Djenne, but engine grease," Cisse told AFP, overcome with nostalgia for his former life.

From Barron's

The brakes squeak, the door whooshes open, and I step up to ask the driver, a big woman with long pink fingernails and shiny skin, how to get to Rancho Renato.

From Literature

He grasps the oud’s neck and scratches it with his fingernails before he lets me have it again.

From Literature

He read the rest of the notes about himself as a baby and the series of tests his mother conducted on him, using fingernails and strands of hair to examine his cells under the microscope.

From Literature

He was really worried, and between being worried and short and having his hair all chopped up, Eugene began to twitch and wiggle and bite his fingernails and bang himself on the head.

From Literature