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forefinger

[fawr-fing-ger, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌfɪŋ gər, ˈfoʊr- /
NOUN
index finger
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A lovingly acquired brushed-steel spoon that you can cradle between your forefinger and thumb and use to collect all your tears about everything, everyone, everywhere, because why is it all so hard?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 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

Carmy asks if his mom was psycho as he nervously drums a spoon between his thumb and forefinger.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2023

When he hands them to her, she licks her forefinger and counts them.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

During her stay in Primrose Hill she borrowed her uncles typewriter, took over the dining room and typed out her final draft with her forefingers.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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