forefinger
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Two weeks later, Hess held his thumb and forefinger in the shape of an “L” to his forehead after his first qualifying run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
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
I don't know how to put this other than to form a rhetorical circle with my thumb and forefinger signaling a big fat goose egg.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 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
The Basque wagged a forefinger at him and handed the bottle back, slapping in the cork with the palm of his hand.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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
He drummed his steering wheel with his forefingers and bit his lower lip as if he was suddenly in deep thought.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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