fingers
Example Sentences
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It’s the reason so many of us walk to our cars with our keys poking through our fingers, why we tense up when someone walks too closely behind us on a dark street.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
But after four seasons of mediocrity and worse, however, she’s learned to keep her fingers crossed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Dickinson imagines pondering a woman’s “workmanship” and remarking “‘This was last Her fingers did’ – / Industrious until –.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He smooths the features of the head -- which he says weighs more than a ton -- with a yellow sponge, while another craftsman adds clay to the fingers of the enormous hands.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Forks or chopsticks or fingers, there's no "right" way to put food in your mouth, yet all humans swallow the same way.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
