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 Cynthia Stockley
Mrs. Spencer was snoring quietly and Douglas had not stirred for an hour when he heard his father say in a low voice: "Jude, old girl, I'm never going to lay finger on you again."
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow
No man moved to lay finger on him.
From Judith of the Cumberlands by Alice MacGowan
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 Talbot Mundy
You can't lay finger on man, woman, or child in this Colony, and, by God, you sha'n't!
From Stingaree by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
