forefinger
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In a study published in 2022, Makin used a nerve blocker to temporarily mimic the effect of amputation of the forefinger in her subjects.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 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
And from then on it's all about gesture control - the headset tracks where you are looking so when you look at an app and pinch your thumb and forefinger together, it opens.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2023
He held the stem between his thumb and forefinger and let it drop.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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
Before receiving their handouts, men signed a list by pressing their forefingers dipped in blue ink; women used red.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2022
“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
Press the butter pieces between your thumbs and forefingers into small, flat pieces.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
Belet put a fist on either side of her head, her forefingers up to look like horns.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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