knuckle
Example Sentences
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She stood up and dug her knuckles into her lower back.
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The bearish boy’s knuckles went white around his branch.
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She huddled in the corner of our train compartment, the hand that gripped Father’s whitening at the knuckles each time the train lurched or swayed.
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She reached out and grabbed Pearl’s nose between two of her knuckles.
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No more grooming-nibbles in the morning; no more uproarious games of hide and hunt… Torak bit his knuckle, fighting his fear.
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