forefinger

He closes his eyes, takes a deep breath and touches the forefinger and middle finger of his right hand to his lips.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 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

The procedure, called umbilical cord milking, involves gently squeezing the cord between the thumb and forefinger and pushing the blood into the newborn's abdomen.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 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

Helmuth jabs at the page with his forefinger.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

“It’s not just some words on wall,” Traylor said of the motto signified by a hand gesture that creates a triangle with the two thumbs and forefingers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 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

They reach out their arms and use their thumbs and forefingers to pinch the air in front of them.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2018

I reached down with the tips of my two forefingers and tickled the tiny, furry spaces behind the rat’s ears.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli