knuckle
Example Sentences
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His fingertips grazed my knuckles as he took the mug, sending a shiver through me.
From Literature
Early on in Rochester, for example, a “Dutch servant-girl rapped with her knuckles under the floor from the cellar.”
From Literature
Mom reached over and took Dad’s hand—Jonah could tell that they were both holding on so tightly that their knuckles turned white.
From Literature
Deulofeu squeezes each hand into a fist and crunches his knuckles together to replicate his right knee.
From BBC
“Those tools are expensive when applied to you even if we don’t win at the end of the day, so knuckle under.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
