finger
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She came towards the front of the stage and gestured "no, no, no" with her finger for them to stop.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Right-hander Roki Sasaki is working back from a blister on his middle finger and is penciled in to return from the IL next week against the Padres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Then he held his finger up to his lips.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The team used single-cell sequencing, advanced image analysis and high-resolution 3D X-ray scanning to build a detailed map of human finger joints as they developed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
A woman reading a newspaper two seats over looks up and raises a reproachful finger to her lips.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
He said difficulties with his fingers had prevented him from playing guitar, which he described as something he loved.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Brown is eager to wipe off the cobwebs that were growing between his fingers in Philly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Now, they can be counted on your fingers."
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
They had carved out a prime Sunday evening slot for a world premiere that, fingers crossed, would remain unknown until the audience was seated inside the theater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Anna May leaned back and began to drum her fingers on the table again.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
"It's more a theme park than a shopping mall," Germany supporter Michael Karg, 48, said as he fingered through an A-Z list of restaurants on a digital directory.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Speculation has fingered everyone from political insiders to drug traffickers as the ones behind Colosio’s assassination, which contributed to a sense of upheaval in Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
So it didn't take long for Mr Freeman – legally known as Desmond Filby – to be fingered as the alleged culprit.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
And while a species commonly known as "the rat flea" has been fingered as the main culprit in plague outbreaks, a species known as "the human flea" may play a secondary role.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024
Sucking in her breath, Lupita nervously fingered the skirt of her faded cotton dress.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
Chopin sought to convey these moods through explicit performing directions about fingering, pedaling and slurring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
"I tend now to play parts of chords, rather than fingering the whole damn thing. I use these shortcuts that would be a nightmare for a guitar teacher."
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023
She had a leopard scarf elegantly wrapped around her head and was fingering a glittering ring and staring blankly into the distance.
From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2023
He looked away, fingering a frayed edge of the carpet.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
Septon Chayle had emerged briefly from the sept, fingering the seven-sided crystal on the thong about his neck, only to retreat inside again once the prayers began.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
