forefinger
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Young male gamers had taken issue with a single frame in the trailer, in which the female character could be seen holding her thumb and forefinger close together.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
They’re lightweight, attach to your forefinger and fit comfortably in your palm, so you can carry other items and nearly forget they’re there until you need them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
In a study published in 2022, Makin used a nerve blocker to temporarily mimic the effect of amputation of the forefinger in her subjects.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
Simultaneously, people had to press a button on the steering wheel with their left forefinger each time a small device attached to their left collarbone vibrated.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023
Singer held up his forefinger and went into the hall.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
To emphasize the designer’s practicality-meets-design approach, Rogen gestured to another Bosse creation, this one a hand-shaped brass ashtray with forefingers poised mid-pinch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024
Press the butter pieces between your thumbs and forefingers into small, flat pieces.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
When she landed firm and kept her footing on her final jump, she pointed one, then both forefingers to the sky.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
And then, perhaps, he puts his thumbs and forefingers together to form a square so that he can look at her through the square.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2018
He drummed his steering wheel with his forefingers and bit his lower lip as if he was suddenly in deep thought.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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