fingernail

Example Sentences

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“Keeping the dirt under my fingernails with projects like this, and watching shows as often as I do, you realize how hard and how much creativity and magic there are around shows,” Lovett said.

From Los Angeles Times

The texture of the crest and the network of blood vessel channels inside it indicate that it was covered in keratin, the same material found in human fingernails.

From Science Daily

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

From Barron's

He paints his fingernails and is no stranger to samba dancing in the finish area, wanting to bring more colour to alpine skiing.

From BBC

The kitchen smelled like bacon and sweet butter and the car grease that was always stuck under Mr. Garner’s fingernails.

From Literature