fingernail
Example Sentences
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If any fingernail touches the surface I’m tapping—or I think it might have—I start the five taps over or…I don’t know what.
From Literature
Two days after the match, a small bruise appeared under my fingernail.
From BBC
The skinny look to the scoreboard - a 27-23 victory - matched with frayed nerves and chewed fingernails.
From BBC
“The fingernails appeared pristine to me,” notes Watson.
"Have I got dirt under my fingernails? Well, I'm trying to turn my brown thumbs green," she laughs.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.