fingernail

Example Sentences

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The skinny look to the scoreboard - a 27-23 victory - matched with frayed nerves and chewed fingernails.

From BBC

It’s getting your fingernails dirty and paying attention to the silence.

From Washington Post

But Grant was was declared innocent in May 2021 by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals after a new analysis of DNA found on the victim’s fingernails pointed to Grant’s innocence.

From Seattle Times

Instead, she featured her tattooed, flexed biceps and her artfully styled fingernails gripping a slice of watermelon.

From Washington Post

Athletics: RHP Paul Blackburn, recovering from a right middle fingernail that tore off, threw a two-inning side session of 40 pitches and is likely headed to Class A Stockton to begin a rehab program.

From Washington Times