index finger
Example Sentences
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He fidgets with a pair of eyeglasses and points a knobby index finger to underscore a point, jiggles his leg restlessly and, at one point, mimes playing guitar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Videos show Burke has a tattoo on one of his fingers matching the one reading "Shhh" that the Los Angeles County medical examiner previously revealed was on Celeste's index finger.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
She also had a tattoo that read "Shhh…" on her index finger - a marking nearly identical to that on the singer's own index finger.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
“Making one’s peace with it is not the same as accepting it and being happy with it,” Lindo says, raising an index finger, a gesture he often makes when telling you something he considers important.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
She smiled as she said it, pointing a crooked index finger at us.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
