pinkie

Example Sentences

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Now, many hitters hold the bat with their bottom hand completely wrapped around the knob, sometimes with their pinkie off the bat entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

"I remember just seeing his little hand; his pinkie ring finger and middle finger," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

I am so small the surgeon can place my entire hand on his pinkie nail.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

The crowd raised index and pinkie fingers in approval.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2024

I curl my pinkie around the handle first, then my second finger, then the others.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth