finger

Example Sentences

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“Obsession” has ideas about our age of instant gratification and parasocial idealization fueled by social media that the film never manages to do anything more than wag a finger at.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Researchers also recovered human remains from the third layer, including a finger bone and a baby tooth from at least one child who was about 11 years old.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

To my mind, we are still the big foam finger number one.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Jacob Bethell is expected to be fit after a finger injury and will bat at number three after replacing Ollie Pope during the Ashes.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

“Something really dorky and useless, like, I don’t know, having one indestructible finger or something. I think that would be really cool.”

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott