lay finger on
Example Sentences
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Were this not so, then would I straightway ride to the Euphrates, and hurl the thing into its depths; for, knowing what I know, I can never now lay finger on it again.
From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by Ferryman, A. F. Mockler
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 Morrow, Honoré
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
No man moved to lay finger on him.
From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice
“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
