lay finger on
Example Sentences
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Without rhyme or reason that doctors or mother could lay finger on, the little mite just grew thinner and more peevish day by day, and visibly faded under their eyes.
From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Stockley, Cynthia
Curse the day I ever saw India, and triple-curse this system of ours that enabled them to lay finger on me in a moving train and transfer me to this funeral procession!
From Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders by Mundy, Talbot
“Len’s appointed me special dep’ty till he comes back, and he says nobody is to lay finger on hide ner hair of the corpse; not even the doc, if he comes.”
From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
You can't lay finger on man, woman, or child in this Colony, and, by God, you sha'n't!
From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
And flaw in the emblazoned scroll there was none that I could lay finger on; only in my secret heart was the one sinister line traced—surely traced, as I remorsefully reflected.
From Tales of Destiny by Mitchell, Edmund
